Woody Allen and his ‘New Orleans Jazz Band’ dazzle Badajoz – El Nuevo Herald

Woody Allen and his band, New Orleans Jazz Band , dazzled the audience this week that he cites the “Institutional Year’s Eve Concert” held in Badajoz, Spain.

The presence of American filmmaker, cheered nothing stormed the stage, allowed the band excited from the start of the concert the audience at the Palacio de Congresos de Badajoz.

In addition, the New Yorker had gestures of complicity with the audience, whom he addressed a few words after finishing the second song, thanking the attendees for their presence in the recital on dates as indicated, further complimenting 2015.

At the concert, about 80 minutes, Woody Allen was joined by 5 other musicians such as Eddy Davis, with the banjo.

Although Woody Allen aware, as you said on occasion that many people come to see to be film reference, proved his virtuosity with the clarinet

In concert Badajoz, the artist and his band performed issues of international jazz, some of them closely tied to their films.; and classic songs from this musical style. •

Sam Raimi talks about his mistakes in the production of Spider-Man 3 – GAMERFOCUS

The director of the first trilogy of Spider-Man has talked about his mistakes in the production of the third installment.

Spider-Man is certainly one of the most famous superheroes of Marvel (and the most charismatic), so that when he arrived to the big screen generated great expectations among fans, and everything was stable until the release of the infamous Spider-Man 3. This film has gone down in history as one of the most mediocre and ironically, the most hilarious (for the wrong reasons) in franchising climbing walls. Recently, Sam Raimi, has talked about this film and what it recognizes as their mistakes when producing it.

Your opinion has been released through a podcast in which he talks about how the film was a failure on the wrong decisions and pressure from his superiors.

“Working in an environment with both budget and so much at stake, with these so beloved characters created by Stan Lee, who are loved by many fans will not want to do it wrong and I did. People hated me for years, I still hate that.

It was a movie that does not function. Try to make it work, but did not believe in the characters and it can not hide from fans of Spider-Man. If the director does not like something, it is difficult for others to do so when they already know “

He did not specify what he meant, but it’s probably Venom, a character who was added to the film producer’s insistence study and this is added that he knew that Raimi was not interested in working with this character from the start. Despite this, admits that pressure and ambition to overcome the second film, was what led to the third installment of their failure.

“I think to [try to overcome the second installment] was the mentality of us, and I think that’s what we ordered. I should stay with the characters, relationships and how they are progressing and could be taken a step further instead of trying to match what we had done. I think that was my “

Nevertheless, errors Raimi takes this with a little humor and still present this ruling as an example of what NOT to do in a film production, after all, recognizes that the film was terrible

. Source: Comic Book Movie

A high number of non-fiction 2015 – Recap Live

BARCELONA.- This 2015 we will have several stories of “real life”. The memoirs of the former wife of Stephen Hawking, Jean, is one of the literary releases no more fiction promoted next year.
 

 

 
 

On the other hand, Jorge Luis Borges Foundation last an unprecedented degree of Argentine author who recover conferences tango he gave in 1965; and in April “Notebooks. Notes and reflections”, unpublished work also in Spanish of Gustave Flaubert in which he reflects on literature.

will launch
 
 

Also, about 70 years after World War II, will launch “to end all wars” (Peninsula), Adam Hochschild, and “The Second World War told to skeptics” (Planeta) of Juan Eslava Galán; or “When anvil, anvil. When hammer, hammer” (Asteroid) of Augusto Assía correspondent in London.

 
 

Also, coinciding with the 70th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz, Galaxy publish “La Quinta impossibility” by Norman Manea. In more recent history Patrick Cockburn will engage in “ISIS The return of jihad.” (Ariel); Baltasar Garzon and in “Mud” (Debate), a tour of major corruption cases in the last 30 years.

 
 

Meanwhile, in the field this quarter memoirs published “Diary of a night owl” (Planet), with the radio collaborations Francisco Threshold “Voice of Leon” (1958 and 1961); and memories of the Swedish writer Per Olov Enquist (Destination); and “Without you there is no us” (Blackie Books), memories Suki Kim, professor of English at the North Korean elite in Pyongyang.

 
 

It was known that “land Signs Moscow Diaries 1917-1922.” (Cliff) is edited, the Russian poet Marina Tsvetaeva; “Memorial of transitions” (Galaxia), former Minister Juan Antonio Ortega and Diaz Ambrona; “After Auschwitz” (Planet), the story of Anne Frank’s stepsister, Eva Schloss; to coincide with the publication of the biography of “Anne Frank” (Polity Press), written by Melissa Müller 70 years of his death in the Bergen-Belsen.

 
 

It is important to note that in bookstores match these months biographies of “St. Francis of Assisi” (Ariel), by Álvaro Pombo; of “Virginia Woolf” (Taurus) of Argentina Irene Chikiar; Kim Philby (Critical), written by Ben Macintyre, and “Robespierre” (Peninsula), Peter McPhee.

 
 

With that same tone is in a biographical essay Víctor Fernández, published by Elba, which includes correspondence Dali to Picasso and the only known letter in reverse and unpublished documentation of the relationship between the two artists.

 
 

Other developments will be “The perennial life” (Plaza y Janes), José Luis Sampedro; “A Natural History of curiosity” (Alliance), Alberto Manguel; “This changes everything” (Polity Press), by Naomi Klein, on the relationship of capitalism to climate change; “Digestion is the question” (Uranus), scientific Giulia Enders; and “How do I write crime fiction” (Alba), Andreu Martín.

Flaubert, Borges and Franco in nonfiction in 2015 – LaRepública.pe

Barcelona. EFE. Memories of Jean Hawking, former wife of Stephen Hawking on his life with scientific developments highlighted in nonfiction of 2015, which recall the 500th anniversary of the birth of Teresa of Jesus and died 40 . Franco

The Foundation Borges title last an unpublished author, who recovered the tango conferences he gave in 1965; Foam Pages and prepares for April Notebooks. Notes and reflections, work also unprecedented in Spanish of Gustave Flaubert in which he reflects on literature.

In line with the 40th anniversary of the death of Franco appear titles like 40 years with Franco, Julian Casanova or Franco. Biography of myth, Antonio Cazorla.

Poetry and thought, an anthology of the mystic Teresa of Jesus by Clara Janes, evoke the 500th anniversary of his birth.

Also, these months will be published biographies San Francisco de Asis, Virginia Woolf, Robespierre, among others.

Juan Carlos I asked her daughter Cristina waive inheritance – El Universal (Venezuela)

Madrid .- King Juan Carlos I asked three years ago her daughter Princess Cristina to renounce his inheritance because investigating a corruption case on her husband, Iñaki Urdangarin, and it will take her to the dock, according to a book released today.

The journalist Fernando Ónega reveals in his book “Juan Carlos I, the Man Who Would Be King” the intricacies of the abdication of the monarch in his son King Philip VI and the “huge blow” that has meant attributing his daughter said corruption case.

“Leave it to me, his father” was the advice that, according Ónega recently made him King Juan Carlos to his son on the situation of the Infanta Cristina.

The sister of King Philip VI will be judged as cooperator alleged two tax offenses allegedly committed by her husband in the call “Nóos case”, in relation to a nonprofit foundation chaired by Urdangarin and supposedly 6.1 million euros (7.5 million dollars) of public funds between 2004 and 2007.

deviated

Thus, according to the journalist recounts three years ago King Juan Carlos, still head of state, sent to the United States, where his daughter lived then, two, one of them Fernando Almansa- emissaries to talk to the Infanta Cristina and ask him to renounce his succession rights to the Crown for the good of the institution.

The Infanta “took note” of that request, but until now there has been no response.

Ya near this Christmas, King Juan Carlos and his son spoke again on the criminal status of the infant and family assistance acts by the holidays.

During that conversation, King Juan Carlos He advised his son to leave him mediate with the Infanta, according to journalist

After that, Ónega says no evidence that King Juan Carlos has returned to discuss the matter with her daughter, although it has a lot of heavy its view that it is away from the royal family.

In the book, Ónega includes the first witness of the monarch after his abdication last June, a historical moment that lived with a mixture of contradictory feelings.

The first, “the satisfaction of accomplishment” and “proud father” to see his new son king, but also the “pain of parting” after nearly four decades of rule.

The abdication began to take shape almost two years ago, although the decision was precipitated with speech Pascua Militar January 2014, in which the king gave an image of man tired and very poor health.

Before that, there had been “humiliation” to apologize publicly for the bumpy ride to Bostsuana, and loss of image of the monarchy pointing all polls according to the book.

Juan Carlos I delivered his abdication speech on June 2 last and 19th of the same month his son was proclaimed king.

Onega says go now to King Juan Carlos “relajadísimo” with the feeling that it has taken “a load off” and the satisfaction that the succession process “went well”.

In the interview with journalist John Carlos I would not discuss how to reign for not condition his son.

The King Juan Carlos I is now a man humming the songs of Maria Dolores Pradera, responding to all phone calls and does not hesitate to stay up until the wee hours of the morning answering messages, says journalist.

In his residence Zarzuela Palace Ónega- adds “the house is quiet,” the relationship with the Queen Letizia is “more friendly” than in the past where there was a “clash of cultures” and his dealings with his wife, Queen Sofia, is summarized in the kisses that were spent on the balcony of the Royal Palace on 19 June, the day of the proclamation of Philip VI. EFE

The year that selfis flooded our lives (and our language) – The Observer

+ Javier Lascuráin (AP) – 31.12.2014, 5:00 pm Text -A / A +

Bet always has risks but there is little chance of losing if you bet that at some point these days of celebration, you or someone in your family has taken their smartphone or tablet, has elongated arm, has put his best smile, alone or in company of others, has taken a picture. That is, did what Anglo-Saxons, with that facility and that quickly they have to baptize almost everything, call selfie.

Today fashions happen so fast you can not say it’s a term not a strictly new phenomenon. According to the prestigious Oxford Dictionary, “selfie” is documented since 2002, an eternity in these voracious times. But his entry into the general language and the media in particular it is recent.

In late 2013 selfie was chosen as word of the year in English by the editors of the Oxford Dictionary, after detecting that use among English speakers had grown exponentially.

Having a Gale “selfies” is coming, in the Foundation of Urgent Spanish got down to work to find alternatives. No part of any crusade against foreign words (what would our language without the many who came to stay for “pillow” a “garage”?), But in an attempt to bring on board the options offered by our language.

And that, in a world where it seems that there is no “corridors” but “runners”, in which there is already “famous” but “celebrities” and in which the players never put ” triplets “but” hat-tricks “, is a task that goes a long way.

Ni or selfie self portrait

In December 2014 the Fundéu BBVA proposed alternatives to “selfie”. The idea was to find existing words in Spanish or create according to the rules that our language often leads to new terms. Hence “Self Portrait” (too-familiar) and “autofoto”.

The months passed and the storm came announced emerged. The actress and Oscar, Ellen de Generes, tweeted one of those pictures in which is accompanied by some of the award winners at the end of the gala. The image became the most retweeted post in the history of the social network. From there come the self-portrait of Barack Obama at the funeral of Mandela, most footballers, actors and singers flooding social networks.

With the news came Gale evidence that “selfie” would not anglicismo be easy to bend. As so often, the British proposed to us a short word and sound entering the ear well and succeeded beyond the borders of their own language. Moreover, their own sound evoked a certain playful aspect of lacking alternatives in Spanish.

And back to think about it. We consult our Advisory Board, press the opinion of our active community on social networks, think about it and understood it was time to use another option that gives the Spanish: to adapt the spelling of our language the term coming out with every intention to stay and live with us

In this case also was a cinch. “selfi” without the final “e” as the utter today Spanish speakers worldwide who have succumbed to its charms.
No regrets

Do we then regret having proposed the alternative “autofoto” and now we focus adaptation “selfi”? Not at all. The two options remain on our site and form a tandem of possibilities that is not uncommon in Spanish: “football” and “football”, “meeting” and “meeting” or “role” and “paper” are respectively adaptations and alternatives “football”, “meeting” and “rôle” that coexist peacefully in our language for years.

So when we started to think for a second time in our nearly 10 years of history which could be word of the year Fundéu BBVA (in 2013 chose “escrache”), “selfi” we seemed like a good candidate

She gathered the characteristics we seek to provide that merely symbolic award. Currently, presence in the media and in conversations on the street and some linguistic intricacies that would have forced us to do what we like. think about the words and make recommendations that work for our followers

In this so ends this story. Sorry if closes a little hastily, but you know what these dates.

Since a while ago my colleagues urging me to stop what I’m doing and I join them. Huddled in a somewhat awkward position and why we often call “face photo”, waiting patiently for me to join selfi last year.

GETTING THE BEST SELFI

Camera the temptation to pull a selfi is to use the front camera phone, which allows you to frame exactly. Here are two problems: this camera is poor quality to the rear and one can go looking at the screen instead of the lens. If you have time to do several tests, it is best to always use the camera back

angle and light. that’s important to care for the angle of the image, using light . Nature and nurture the background behind one

They chose the “word of the year” – InfoBAE.com

   
   

 
     

       
       
 
       
 
       
       
 

AFP

“Selfi” adaptation Spanish the anglicized “selfie” proved to be the end of 2014 for Urgent Spanish Foundation, promoted by the EFE Agency and BBVA.

This is the second time the Fundéu BBVA chooses his word year after 2013 should choose “escrache” a term from the Spanish of the Rio de la Plata and had great presence in the media.

“We do not look the prettiest word or the most original or novel . We want our word of the year, besides being related to current and, therefore, have been very present in the media, have a certain linguistic interest, either by training or by the force of its penetration into the common language “said the CEO of the Foundation, Joachim Muller.

” We chose between words, by its novelty, creative and adaptive process for their comeback or recovery have been the subject of some of the more than three hundred recommendations Fundéu BBVA launched throughout 2014, “said

The phenomenon of photos. which citizens take themselves, usually with mobile devices, and then often share in public networks or private raged in recent years around the world.

Not surprisingly, “selfie”, the English term that referred to such images, and was chosen word of the year by publishers of dictionaries from Oxford in 2013 after calculating that its use among English speakers had grown that year in a 17,000 percent.

The Fundéu BBVA, in its efforts to promote the proper use of Spanish in the means, as advised in December 2013 anglicized possible alternatives to fashion: “autofoto” or the well established “self-portrait”, shapely in Spanish and can be useful to prevent abuse of the English word words

“But the Spanish language has more resources, and creating or choosing alternatives, and one of them is the adaptation to our spelling system of words coming from other languages,” said Muller.

So in October 2014 Fundéu proposed “selfi” without the “e” end of the original English, Spanish adaptation as valid. In its recommendation on that term, it was explained that the proper plural is “selfis” and that while the majority use will side with the male or female, can be considered an ambiguous word in gender (“a / the selfi”) as “the / sea” “the / the frame” and many others.

“The evidence of the overwhelming use of anglicized ‘selfie’ made us think that, without renouncing our previous advice to use “autofoto” would be good to propose an adaptation, also in this case offered no problems from the point of view of pronunciation or the graphic representation, “said Muller.

This double proposal (” selfi ” and “autofoto”), he explained, is not uncommon in Spanish and taken for example in such familiar terms as “football” and “football”, adaptation and alternative respectively of the English word “football”, who live for decades in our language.

The combination of these factors and the apparent linguistic today the term is what led the Foundation team to finally choose “selfi” as word of the year 2014.

Before, philologists and journalists working in Fundéu BBVA had made a first selection of twelve terms under these same conditions in which, besides chosen, included also those related to social networks and the widespread use of mobile phones as “nomofobia” neologism designating the fear of not being connected, or “appli” shortening “application” proposed as an alternative to “app”.

The sports world provided the list “a referee”, a female increasingly used, and the economy, “default”, the word in Spanish successfully replaced the anglicized “default”.

The verb “abdicate” was in the front pages of all means and raised doubts about its use (“the throne” or “the throne”? he abdicated), as happened with other words such as “Ukrainian” or “Ebola”.

The list is completed “superluna” the novel “postureo” and two terms that came this year to academic Dictionary for different reasons: “drone” and “amigovio” a common voice in several Latin to refer to people having a ratio less formal commitment to an engagement.

     

     

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# 34; # 34 ;, Selfi word of the year for Fundéu BBVA – The Universal

“Selfi” Spanish adaptation of the anglicized “selfie” is the word of the year for Urgent Spanish Foundation, promoted by the EFE Agency and BBVA.
 

 This is the second time the Fundéu BBVA chooses its word of the year after 2013 should choose “escrache” a term from the Spanish of the Rio de la Plata and had great presence in the media.
 

 

 “We do not seek the word prettiest or the most original or innovative. We want our word of the year, besides being related to current and, therefore, have been very present in the media, have a certain linguistic interest, either by training or by the force of its penetration into the common language, “says th e CEO of the Foundation, Joachim Muller.
 

 

 “We chose, therefore, between words, by its novelty, creative and adaptive process for their comeback or recovery have been the subject of some of the more than three hundred recommendations Fundéu BBVA has launched over 2014,” he added .
 

 

 The phenomenon of the photos are taken citizens themselves, usually with mobile devices, and then often share public or private networks is all the rage in recent years worldwide.
 

 

 Not surprisingly, “selfie”, the English term that referred to such images, and was chosen word of the year by the editors of dictionaries from Oxford in 2013 after calculating that its use among English speakers had grown that year by 17,000 percent.
 

 

 The Fundéu BBVA, in its efforts to promote the proper use of Spanish in the media, advised in December 2013 and possible alternatives to anglicized fashion: “autofoto” or the well established “self-portrait”, shapely in Spanish words and can be useful to prevent abuse of the English term.
 

 

 “But the Spanish language has more resources, and creating or choosing alternatives, and one of them is the adaptation to our spelling system of words coming from other languages,” Muller says.
 

 

 So in October 2014 Fundéu proposed “selfi” without the “e” end of the original English, Spanish adaptation as valid. In its recommendation on that term, it was explained that the proper plural is “selfis” and that while the majority use will side with the male or female, can be considered an ambiguous word in gender (“a / the selfi”) as “the / sea” “the / the frame” and many others.
 

 

 “The evidence of the over whelming use of anglicized” selfie “made us think that, without renouncing our previous advice to use” autofoto “would be good to propose an adaptation, also in this case offered no problems from the point of view of pronunciation or the graphical representation, “adds Muller.
 

 

 This double proposal (“selfi” and “autofoto”), he explains, is not uncommon in Spanish and taken for example in such familiar terms as “football” and “football”, adaptation and alternative respectively of the English word “football” , who live for decades in our language.
 

 

 The combination of these factors and the apparent linguistic term today is what has led the Foundation team to finally choose “selfi” as word of the year 2014.
 

 

 Before, philologists and journalists working in the Fundéu BBVA had made a f irst selection of twelve terms under these same conditions in which, besides chosen, included also those related to social networks and the widespread use of telephony mobile, as “nomofobia” neologism designating the fear of not being connected, or “appli” shortening “application” proposed as an alternative to “app”.
 

 

 The sports world contributed to “a referee”, a female most used each time, and the economy, “default”, the Spanish word which successfully replaced the anglicized “default” list.
 

 

 The verb “abdicate” was on the front pages of all means and raised doubts about its use (“the throne” or “the throne”? He abdicated), as happened with other words such as “Ukrainian” or “Ebola “.
 

 

 The list is completed “superluna” the no vel “postureo” and two terms that have come this year to academic Dictionary for different reasons: “drone” that flying machine that seems to open new possibilities in many fields, and “amigovio” a common voice in several Latin to refer to people who have a ratio less formal commitment to an engagement.
 

VII Gaudí Awards: All nominees – EscribiendoCine

The boy, Daniel Monzón with 15 nominations, is the film with more nominations Gaudí Awards, given by the Catalan Film Academy. Among the documentaries is Gabor, Argentine Sebastian Alfie.

After The child most nominated films are Stella Cadente , with thirteen; [REC 4]; Revelation nine; Trails sandalwood and 10,000 km with eight each; Beautiful young with five; Born , with four; L’altra border , with three, and Mort and Phil with Jimmy horny and Els anys salvatges with two nominations each.

In this year, a total of 27 productions of the 78 enrolled have been nominated in any of the 22 categories of the awards, which celebrate their gala 1st of February in Barcelona, ​​with Angel Llàcer presenter and where the veteran director Ventura Pons receive the honorary award for his career.

MAIN NOMINEES

BEST FILM IN CATALAN
Born , directed by Claudio Zulian and produced by Acteon.
L’altra border , directed by André Cruz Shiraiwa and produced by Cinedegarage and Television of Catalonia.
Trails sandalwood , directed by Maria Ripoll and produced by Pontas Films.
Stella Cadente , directed by Lluís Miñarro and produced by Eddie Saeta.

BEST FILM CATALAN LANGUAGE NO
10,000 Km

Beautiful young child
REC4: Revelation

BEST DIRECTOR
Carlos Marques-Marcet by 10,000 Km
Daniel Monzón by El Niño
Jaime Rosales by Beautiful young
Lluís Miñarro by Stella Cadente

BEST ACTRESS
Aina Clotet by Trails sandalwood
Bárbara Lennie by Stella Cadente
Ingrid Garcia-Jonsson for Beautiful young
Natalia Tena by 10,000 Km

BEST ACTOR
Alex Brendemühl by Stella Cadente
David Verdaguer by 10,000 KM
Jesus Castro El Niño
Luis Tosar, both for El Niño

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Bárbara Lennie by Child
Mercè Arànega by Born
Rosa Novell for Trails sandalwood
Vicky Peña by Fools and stupid

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Alex Batllori by Stella Cadente
Eduard Fernandez for El Niño
Francesc Garrido for Stella Cadente
Sergi Lopez child

BEST SCREENPLAY
Carles Marques-Marcet and Clara Roquet by 10,000 KM
Daniel Monzon and Jorge Guerricaechevarría by El Niño
Jaime Rosales and Enric Rufas by Beautiful young
Lluís Miñarro and Sergi Belbel by Stella Cadente

BEST FILM EUROPEAN
Ida
Big Beauty
Minimum island
Magical Girl

BEST DOCUMENTARY FILM Bugarach

Els anys salvatges
Gabor
I will be murdered

Fundéu BBVA: “Java Sea” with eme tiny – Caracol Radio

Madrid, December 29 (EFE) .- The spelling “Java Sea” with tiny eme is appropriate to refer to the sea where you are looking for missing plane Malaysian latter says Urgent Spanish Foundation, promoted by EFE and BBVA.

In the media may find phrases like “A plane Malaysian budget airline AirAsia cost disappeared Sunday over the Java Sea” or “Aerial authorities lost contact with the device while flying over the Java Sea. “

According to the” Spelling of the Spanish tongue “,” proper names of geographical features, both natural and artificial, are written with capital letters but not common nouns generic accompanying (…), to be written in lower case, ‘the Pacific’, ‘the Mediterranean’, ‘Lake Titicaca’ … “and, in this case, in the previous examples, “the Java Sea.”

This same work indicates that the generic noun is capitalized only if an inherent part of the geographical name, as, inter alia, on ” Rio de la Plata “,” Cape Verde “or” Rocky Mountains “.

Moreover, in some related news it is mentioning the” island of Celebes, “which is the traditional name in Spanish of this island, whose vernacular form is “Sulawesi”, pronounced /sulabési/.

La Fundéu BBVA (www.fundeu.es), working in consultation with the Royal Spanish Academy, whose main objective is the proper use of Spanish in the media, has also the collaboration of the Cervantes Institute, the San Millán, Accenture, Gómez-Acebo & amp Foundation; Pombo, CELER Solutions, Hermes Translations, Linguaserve and Abengoa. EFE

Idris Elba, closer Bond – lanacion.com (Argentina)

If anything good came out of the studies Sony hack-and the subsequent disclosure of the contents of its executives-mails was confirmation that those rumors about the future James Bond were more than delusions of a fan of the character created by Ian Fleming. In one of the many of the messages published by hackers, the president of the company, the now famous Amy Pascal, wrote: “Idris should be the next Bond”, referring to the English Idris Elba as the possible successor to Daniel Craig.

It appears that Spectre, to be released in November 2015 and whose script had been stolen in the hack, is the latest venture of Craig as Agent 007. The strongest candidate to replace him is the protagonist of the excellent police series Luther (two new episodes arrive in 2015 at the BBC Latin signal).

Of course not everyone is happy with the change of guard. From the very most racist corners of Internet-those same places where many complained about the black character who appears in the expected Star Wars: the awakening of force – also were those who said they may Elba be British, cute and good actor, but also black, and that disqualifies him to play the spy. “James Bond is a concept created by Ian Fleming. It’s white and Scotch. Period. That was and is James Bond,” said Rush Limbaugh, a radial opinólogos of American extreme right.

Beyond controversy, Elba had already responded to the rumors that put first in the bloodline of the British agent. “I will not only be the black James Bond. Sean Connery was not the Scottish James Bond Daniel Craig’s Bond and blue eyes”, said a few years ago the actor in an interview on US public radio. And this time, his answer came via Twitter. “?! Are not you supposed to be 007 must be handsome Glad to think I have a chance Happy New Year” .

“Hobbit” remains on top of the lockers – El Nuevo Herald

The weekend after Christmas was pretty busy in theaters, but despite the debutantes “Unbroken” and “Into the Woods” had good performances “The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies” (“The Hobbit : The battle of the five armies “) remained in the top spot for the second weekend grossing $ 40.9 million

The Disney adaptation of the Stephen Sondheim musical.” Into the Woods “is He placed second with 31 million, while Universal biopic about the Second World War “Unbroken” was third with 30.6 million.

The Paramount thriller “The Gambler” was regular premiere with 9.1 million in 2,478 theaters, while “Big Eyes” by The Weinstein Company had a bleak Release 3 million in 1,307 theaters.

“The Interview” managed to be among the 20 grossing 1.8 million in 331 theaters for the weekend, which left her in 16th movies.

Then the figures by selling tickets for Friday through Sunday at theaters United States and Canada gathered Monday firm Rentrak:

1. “The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies,” $ 40.9 million

2. “Into the Woods” 31000000

3. “Unbroken” 30600000

4. “Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb”, 20200000

5. “Annie” 16500000

6. “The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 1″, 10 million

7. “The Gambler” 9100000

8. “The Imitation Game” 7900000

9. “Exodus: Gods and Kings” 6700000

10. “Wild” 5300000

The Hobbit raises $ 400 million at the box office outside the United … – The World

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 Jean Carlos Manzano .- The third installment of the saga directed by Peter Jackson’s “The Hobbit: The battle of the five armies” has raised outside box office United States $ 405.1 million , according to Box Office Mojo specialized site.

The tape concludes the film version of the book of RR Tolkien, has 12 days in theaters (in Venezuela is released next Friday) and it reports half the foreign collection Transformers: . The era of extinction, until now the highest grossing worldwide film of the year

The Hobbit and left behind other blockbusters of the year as The Hunger Games: Mockingjay 1 and Lego; and he approaches other as Captain America. Soldier winter and Maleficent

This weekend the film came first in revenue locker again after its release, now with an estimated revenue $ 41.4 million Friday to Sunday , according to studio estimates.

“The Wolf of Wall Street” is the most pirated movie of 2014 – El Universal (Venezuela)

 EL UNIVERSAL
 

Monday December 29, 2014 2:59 PM

Washington .- The film The Wolf of Wall Street , directed by Martin Scorsese and Leonardo DiCaprio giving life to the stockbroker Jordan Belfort, has been the most pirated in 2014, with more than 30 million illegal downloads, as published The Hollywood Reporter .

The list of most pirated films this year, made by the firm tracking illegal downloads Excipio, located second to Frozen , from Disney.

The highest grossing animated film in history was illegally downloaded 29.9 million times this year.

After Frozen , with 29.4 million downloads contained in third position Gravity , directed by Alfonso Cuaron and that was the big winner in the latest edition of . Oscar

awards shows The Fourth Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug , with 27.6 million illegal downloads, and the fifth is Thor: The dark world , which was pirated 25.7 million times

Rounding out the top 10 most pirated films in 2104 Captain America. The Winter Soldier , The legend of Hercules , X-Men: the days of future past , 12 Years a Slave and The Hunger Games: Mockingjay I .

Highlights the absence of Guardians of the Galaxy , the studio and Marvel was the highest grossing film in the US this year, with over 330 million raised, and also one of the most viewed around the world.

“Star Wars” and the most anticipated movies of 2015 – The Trade

The 2015 promises to be many great releases, plus a year that studies continue investing heavily in the film adaptations of the most famous characters from the Marvel comics or DC. Pending that smaller and human stories emerge, new versions or reinventions of classic hits and will be the protagonists.

Here we review the major releases of 2015:

1. “STAR WARS: THE FORCE AWAKENS”
Although there is a substantial list of titles for the coming year, which promises to draw more attention is this. We will have to wait until December 18, 2015 to see Harrison Ford recovering the irony of Han Solo or Luke and Leia brothers (Mark Hamill and Carrie Fisher) as the heroes of “ Star Wars: The Force Awakens “, the seventh episode of Star Wars, with JJ Abrams in the making and a lot of new faces in the cast.

2. “50 SHADES OF GREY”

 The film adaptation of the famous erotic story of THE James arrive in February, the month in which it will compete with “Jupiter ascending”, the new from the Wachowski brothers. The well-known story of unbridled passion of a billionaire and a young student of literature will hit embodied by Dakota Johnson (Anastasia Steele) and Jamie Dorman (Christian Grey) screens.

3. “CINDERELLA”
In another example of the many versions that have been made in recent years of children’s classics, from “Alice in Wonderland” to “Snow White,” “Hansel and Gretel” or “Maleficent”, coming in March at cinemas the new adaptation of “Cinderella,” which will have to Lily and James starring Cate Blanchett as the wicked stepmother.

Following this line adaptation of children’s stories, this summer will “Pan” with Hugh Jackman as “Blackbeard”, the head of Captain Hook (Garrett Hedlund ) in a particular story of Peter Pan directed by British Joe Wright.

4. “FURIOUS 7″
The seventh installment of “Fast s furious ” will arrive in March with last scenes shot by Paul Walker before his death. The film will present stunning locations and accustomed fastest cars on the planet.

5. “THE AVENGERS: THE ERA OF Ultron”, the new adventure of the heroes of Marvel, with Robert Downey Jr. as Iron Man,
In April “Age of Ultron Avengers” will be released Chris Hemsworth as Thor, Scarlett Johansson as the Black Widow, Tom Hiddleston as Loki and Chris Hemsworth as Captain America.

6. “MAD MAX: FURY ROAD”
The new “Mad Max” will arrive in May, this time with Tom Hardy in the role that made her famous Mel Gibson, and with George Miller directing again this apocalyptic story that also features Charlize Theron and Nicholas Hoult.

7. “JURASSIC WORLD”
Another modern classic returns to the screens is the Jurassic dinosaurs in “Jurassic World”, the fourth installment of this adventure story starring Now by Chris Pratt, the same star of “Guardians of the Galaxy”.

8. “TERMINATOR GENISYS”

 And do not forget the new Terminator, the fifth, which uses similar to the last “X-Men”, jumping from present to past to change the future, but always with Arnold Schwarzenegger’s character cyborg that has ruse been key in his career. This release is scheduled for July.

9. “MISSION IMPOSSIBLE 5″

 Another returning to safe ground is Tom Cruise, his fifth “Mission Impossible” as Ethan Hunt, the agent doing the most spectacular stunts to end the evil around him.

Tom Cruise on the set of “Mission Impossible 5″ in Vienna. (Photo: Getty Images)

10. “SPECTRE”

 More elegant but equally effective, the special agent par excellence, 007, with Daniel Craig in the service of Her Majesty in “Spectre”, which will Christoph Waltz as the villain, and Monica Bellucci as the “Bond girl” in this issue directed by Sam Mendes in his second foray into the Bond universe.

The cast of “Spectre”. (Photo: Getty Images)

11. “OLD MAN”
On the side of teen movies, a new superhero comes in: “Ant-Man”. This character will be presented in July with the face and body of a little muscular actor to these roles, Paul Rudd.

Paul Rudd and Michael Douglas in panel ” Ant-Man “. (Photo: Getty Images)

12. “Fantastic 4″
Newest “The Fantastic Four” is scheduled for release in mid 2015. The familiar story with new characters come: Kate Mara (The Invisible Woman), Miles Teller (Mr. Fantastic), Jamie Bell (The mole) and Michael B. Jordan (The Human Torch).

The new faces of “4: fantastic “. (Photo: Getty Images)

13. “THE HUNGER GAMES. Mockingjay. PART 2″

 The to the adventure of Katniss Everdeen (Jennifer Lawrence) in “The Hunger Games” will arrive in November. This film will close the successful film career adaptations of books by Suzanne Collins

Jennifer Lawrence will say goodbye to Katniss Everdeen in 2015. (Photo:. Dissemination / AP )

14. “Minions”
For smaller becoming the spin off of “Despicable Me,” a yellow ribbon focused on the “Minions”, those small and charming characters Gru helped in their plans and not as evil.

15. OTHER …
The 2015 will bring us to the movies billboard facing the Oscar: “Birdman” Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu; “American Sniper” Clint Eastwood “,” Inherent Vice “by Paul Thomas Anderson, or” Into the Woods “by Rob Marshall

Many offer that is you can join the latest horror story Guillermo del Toro, the incursion of the tandem Steven Spielberg-Tom Hanks in the Second World War, the drama “Blackhat”, with Australian Chris Hemsworth gotten into the world of cybercrime or “Focus” with Will Smith in a romantic comedy.

Which of these you will encourage you see?

(Source: EFE / El Comercio)

The film “The Interview” now available on iTunes – Pueblo online

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USA 29/12/2014 (The People’s Daily Online) – <. / strong> Apple has released on its iTunes online content platform the American film ‘The Interview’, responsible for an open confrontation between the US and North Korea, whose leader, Kim Jong Un, is ridiculed and dies on the tape.

“We are delighted to offer ‘The Interview’ for rent or sale in the iTunes Store,” explained a spokesman for Apple, Tom Neumayr.

The premiere on iTunes occurs after that comedy was not released in many theaters for fear of reprisals and other platforms like YouTube or Xbox also spread the film.

Maximum dies, outstanding representative of humor in Spain – El Universal (Venezuela)

Madrid (EFE) .- The illustrator and cartoonist Máximo San Juan, one of the most prominent representatives of Spanish humor, died today at his home in Madrid at 82 years due to a cardiac arrest, according to the newspaper El País.

According to this newspaper, citing family sources, the cartoonist, who signed only his name, will be cremated tomorrow.

graphic humorist and writer, Max was born in Mambrilla Castrejon (Burgos, northern ) on February 18, 1932.

Author of several books, Maximum dedicated his professional life to the illustration, whose beginnings are placed in 1962 in the journal Youth, and worked among others with El País, Pueblo , The cordorniz, the Catalan Mail and ABC, ultimate means it has worked.

His books include Stories undaunted , This Country , Open Letter to censorship , Journal Apocryphal , Political Animals , No to NATO and other nuisances , Hypothesis or The power and vice versa .

Throughout his career, he made solo exhibitions and participated in group, including the First Exhibition of Graphic Humor University of Alcalá, as well as an anthology of his drawings to El País, which was exhibited at the Museum of Contemporary Art of Seville.

The draftsman and Spanish writer was one of those selected from several countries for Writers and Cartoonits Syndicate New York to spread his drawings in the United States.

In addition to the thousands of pictures and hundreds of texts published, Maximo, father of four children, among them the actor Alberto San Juan adapted in 1977 the play The earth is round , Armand Salacrou.

He died Máximo San Juan, one of the most graphic humorists … – Los Andes (Argentina)

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The illustrator and cartoonist Maximum San Juan , one of the most recognized representatives of Spanish humor, died at 82 years result of a cardiac arrest, according to the newspaper El País, one of the means by which usually worked.

The artist, who signed only his name, died Sunday at his home in Madrid and their remains will be cremated tomorrow.

graphic humorist and writer, Max was born in Mambrilla Castrejon (Burgos, northern) on February 18, 1932 and devoted his life his professional illustration life in many Spanish and daily European .

Furthermore author of books like “Tales undaunted,” “The Country”, “Open Letter to censorship”, “Apocryphon Journal”, “Political Animals”, “No to NATO and other nuisances “” Hypothesis “or” Power and vice versa, “among others.

Throughout his career, had solo exhibitions and participated in group, and was one of those selected from several countries for Writers and Cartoonits Syndicate New York to spread his drawings in the United States.

Promotional removed from “Exodus” – El Diario de Yucatán

         

     

RABAT (EFE) .- The Moroccan police removed the sign of biblical film “Exodus: Gods and Kings” of a movie theater in the southern city of Marrakech, the only country exhibiting the film after being banned.

As reported yesterday the electronic journal “Panoraposte.com”, several agents of the Ministry of Interior were presented yesterday at the Colisee cinema, stairs and put away the posters of “Exodus” after the Moroccan Cinematographic Centre (CCM) communicated to those responsible for the hall’s official ban on its projection to incarnate God.

The manager of the Colisee room, Munia Layadi Benkiran, told the newspaper that the Board decided to suspend publication yesterday before its screening in the evening session after receiving a phone call from CCM followed by a letter of the same body that officially prohibited the screening of “Exodus” in Morocco.

Colisée was the only room that kept the projection of this biblical blockbuster about Moses and his flight from Egypt, directed by Ridley Scott and starring Christian Bale, as several meeting last Wednesday withdrew after the CCM verbally communicated to those responsible for the decision to ban its projection.

Yesterday, the Colisee room officially received a letter from CCM, which was also reflected in the pages of Facebook from other theaters, explaining that “Exodus: Gods and Kings” has been banned because it “plays . God in the image of a baby during the revelation received by the Prophet Moses “

               
         

We need fiction to survive: Javier Cercas – Milenio.com

While he looks disgusting lies, the truth is that the Spanish writer Javier Cercas admits that “humans lie enough, as demonstrated ad nauseum psychologists, although most of our lies,” says the author exclusive interview with MILLENNIUM, “are tolerated lies, socially tolerated and without them we could not possibly live.”

The Lies of Enric Marco, the protagonist of the latest book Fences (Cáceres, 1962) The impostor, just published in Spain under the Literature Random House label, are, however, “monstrous lies” he says, “lies that transgress all our moral standards.”

The author of Soldiers of Salamina, the speed of light, Laws of the border or Anatomy of a Moment , reports that the most visible what this book has to do with the nearly nine thousand Spanish deportees who were in Nazi concentration camps, of which many survivors were grouped in the 60s in a partnership that still exists today called the Amical Mauthausen, whose president, Enric Marco, during the heyday of that that “the recovery of historical memory” was called was devoted to pronounce hundreds of conferences and give dozens of interviews in which chronicled in great detail and profusion of emotions his experience in a small German concentration camp at Flossenburg, becoming a kind of rock star of that historical memory, to the point that it would be the only survivor who speak, before the whole world, on the 60th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz and the end of Nazism.

” But that happened about the work of an obscure Spanish historian named Benito Bermejo allowed to know that Marco had never been in a concentration camp, which was a huge impostor. In that sense, the book tells the fictional story of Marco and his real story is even more exciting, and it’s kind of Thriller and inquiry about a truth amidst a web of lies and herrings “he says.

But basically adds Fences,” this as common as all of us monstrously character reflects our nature, our humiliating and distressing need to be accepted, dear and admired, and also shows our inability to live alone with reality, because reality is poor and miserable, and we are poor, cobardones and little else, and we need fiction to survive and somehow we novelists of ourselves. ”

Do we live in times of excess transparency; ie requires that all show your true that there are no secrets in our lives

do not think it so bad, the truth: if so, we would live in a gruesome nightmare.

You say that the idea of ​​”historical memory” is not accurate. How is assumed and can understand and then transmit the past?

With the memory and history, but without any confusion with the other nor to usurp their role. We live in times in which memory tends to supplant the story, and I find very dangerous: the perversion of Marco is just a fruit of that confusion. The memory is essential, but history also; and both must play their part and support each other. Moreover, the term “historical memory” seems as diffuse and ambiguous minimum; in fact, it is an oxymoron, because memory is individual and subjective, whereas history is collective and should aspire to be as objective as possible. I do not understand that in Spain historic to what should be called just reparation for victims and full acceptance of our past worst memory is called. The “historical memory” seems an understatement.

The Mexican writer Daniel Sada titled one of his novels “Because it looks lie the truth never know”. Do you agree? What implications and resonances in this phrase and how much reflects societies such as Spanish or Mexican, riddled with lies

Look, I’m a bit dated, I fear: I think Truth exists, and that there is little or nothing as noble as chase; but I also think that whoever believes possess entirely is a fanatic or an idiot or, more commonly, both at the same time.

What other aspects besides his great deception, define Enric Marco?

It is impossible to summarize more than four pages on a single response. Just tell him that we all have a little frame, but Marco has a exageradísima, monstrous, immoral manner; but all carry that monster inside. That is why it is so interesting framework. Actually, the impostor of my novel The impostor is not Marco but I, you and everyone we are reading. And those who do not we are reading.

What could be the harm caused to the victims of the Holocaust by the imposture of Enrico Marco?

A enormous damage to the victims and all because Marco widely divulged a version of the Holocaust and the history of the twentieth century false from top to bottom; because the data were not always false, but because it was a watered history, sentimentality, digestible by all, a falsified history. kitsch history

What subject lines or concerns cross his work narrative as a whole; something that can be considered your spine?

That will have to put the reader, which is the ending of creating books.

Finally, what author feels indebted to “The impostor”, whom cite as an influence or trough?

I do not know, but it seems legitimate to see in this book a humble reading of Don Quixote, among other reasons because Marco has a lot of Alonso Quijano, who invented a fictitious life to live all you could not live in the real world.

Moroccan police removed poster of “Exodus” film exhibiting the film – El Universal (Venezuela)

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Saturday December 27, 2014 11:17 a.m.

Rabat, Dec 27 (EFE) .- The Moroccan police removed the sign of biblical film” Exodus: Gods and Kings “of a movie theater in the southern city of Marrakech, the only country exhibiting the film after being forbidden.

According to Monday’s electronic journal “Panoraposte.com”, several agents of the Ministry of Interior were presented yesterday at the Colisee cinema, stairs and put away the posters of “Exodus” after the Moroccan Cinematographic Centre (CCM) has informed the heads of the room the official ban on its projection to incarnate God.

The manager of the Colisee room, Munia Layadi Benkiran, told the newspaper that the room had already decided to suspend broadcast yesterday before its screening in the evening session after receiving a phone call from CCM followed by a letter of the same organism which officially prohibited the screening of “Exodus” in Moroccan territory.

Colisée was the only room that kept the projection of this biblical blockbuster about Moses and his flight from Egypt, directed by Ridley Scott and starring Christian Bale, as several meeting last Wednesday withdrew after the CCM verbally communicate their decision makers prohibit its projection.

Yesterday, the Colisee room officially received a letter from CCM, which was also reflected in the Facebook pages of other cinemas, explaining that “Exodus” was banned because “plays God in the image of a baby during the revelation received by the Prophet Moses, “adding that” iconic representation of God is not allowed in the divine religions “.

Layadi explained that in a sequence of” Exodus “Moses appears arguing with a child dressed in white transmitting words of God, which was interpreted by the CCM as an incarnation of the divine being because when Moses asks the child about his identity, he replied” I am … ” without finishing his sentence.

The manager of the theater, film distributor also be asked whether the authorities will act in the same manner to prohibit the sale of pirated “Exodus” in different neighborhoods of country, adding that the cinema expecting the arrival of this film to earn more income. EFE

‘The Interview’: “It has been Ok. No sense censor “- HOME

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Viewers that on Christmas Eve waited in Los Angeles in front of one of the 300 independent theaters across America who have been encouraged to show Interview were rewarded. At the start of the first screening, it after midnight, Seth Rogen, co-star and co-director of the tape that has angered North Korea appeared to thank the public.

“If it were not for people like that you literally would not have happened “, held Rogen, beer in hand and accompanied by Evan Goldberg, who co-directed the film about two journalists recruited by the CIA to assassinate North Korean leader Kim Jong-un.

Last week, the threat of North Korea led to the producer, Sony, announcing that it was withdrawing the tape. After that even President Barack Obama criticized the decision by Sony, the film became a symbol of freedom of expression. And it led to an unlikely alliance between a powerful producer, digital platforms and independent cinemas.

First there were small rooms that Sony managed to accept a “limited release”. The sign “Sold” hung in many of the sessions before the opening

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Evan Goldberg (left), co-director of ‘The Interview’ and Seth Rogen co-star and co-director, before one of the screenings of the film in a room in Los Angeles. / justin baker

New Yorkers could see yesterday Interview three small independent cinemas in the neighborhoods of Queens, Brooklyn and Manhattan. The morning session on Christmas Day in the room located a couple of blocks from Union Square started with tickets to sell.

“It’s been OK, entertaining” noted halfheartedly one of the spectators he went to the cinema expecting at least laugh. The general view is that Kim Jon A North Korean dictator, does not leave too badly. “Bad or good, even if passed, is entertainment and not censor it made sense,” said another attendee. Removing the frenzy generated, some admitted that perhaps had not been interested in going to see it so soon.

There was no police presence at the doors of theaters in the morning session. Interview turned out to be the film that is: a satire to take out. “It’s what we expected, a comedy of Franco and Rogen” commented two spectators of Williamsburg Cinemas. Passes for Cinema Village were exhausted for afternoon sessions, as in Brooklyn, but had tickets for the night.

Some who chose to go to the movies this day of family celebration did not the film itself but to defend freedom of expression. “Although it is typical defending the right of people to express themselves freely, remains an opportunity for all, as a country, say that we will not tolerate free speech of people is threatened,” he told public radio NPR Josh Levin, owner of West End Cinema, a separate cinema Washington. Levin acquired a although it is a commercial film away from what is usually programmed copy.

The defense of freedom of expression led digital payment platforms such as Google, YouTube Movies and start Microsoft Xbox surprise distribute the film a day before its theatrical release, multiplying your potential audience. But it remains to be seen whether the distribution online offset the loss of revenue to suspend the release scheduled in 3,000 theaters.

“We could not allow a handful of people determine limits freedom of expression in another country, “he said in a statement David Drummond, Google legally responsible. “Regardless of how silly it may be content.”