Chanson News

A hit last year for the Theo Ubique Theatre Co., the play's revival ends this weekend at Theater On The Lake.

Canada Post's Stompin' Tom stamp was released in Alberton, P.E.I., Thursday. Stompin' Tom Connors is being honoured on a new postage stamp.

Amsterdam city council is turning its attention to a pressing problem for one of the city's key business sectors -- banking and credit for prostitutes who can't get accounts from mainstream institutions.

Marion Cotillard has starred in roughly 50 films and television shows since she made her debut in 1993, but she's best-known in North America for her role opposite Russell Crowe in A Good Year and for her Oscar-winning performance in La vie en rose .

In terms of respect, French director Jean-Jacques Beineix is sort of the Rodney Dangerfield of filmmaking in his country.

Johnny Depp was greeted by hundreds of screaming fans as he arrived for the European premiere of his new film "Public Enemies" in Leicester Square in London.

Although we list movie theaters in Santa Cruz below, the general information on theaters provided applies to pretty much any theater in Bolivia.

A work by Christian Lebraux Kennedy entitled "Duplicity." Justin Falls/The Daily Advance A work by Christian Lebraux Kennedy entitled "Duplicity." New art gallery brings touch of bohemia to the waterfront 2009-06-23 16:26:17.0 In a small storefront one block off the Elizabeth City waterfront, an art scene is about to happen.

A telegram, a letter and a performance program of French chanteuse Edith Piaf are seen before go on the auction.

Thanks to the growing number of films by and about indigenous peoples, over 90 movies, mainly from Latin America, will be screened and voted on by spectators at the First Chilean Indigenous Peoples' Film Festival in the Pacific port city of Valparaiso.

Paris-born, California-bred Pierre de Gaillande may not be the first musician to translate French poet Georges Brassens's songs into English, but he may be the most scrupulously faithful to a songwriter pitched somewhere between Jacques Brel and Serge Gainsbourg .

Critics are unanimous: Jack Penate's new album 'Everything Is New' marks a startling creative leap forward.

" The Beehive, the uber-hip award-winning restaurant and live music venue, named one of the Top 100 Jazz clubs in the world by Downbeat Magazine, will be making musical history during their 2nd Annual Bastille Day Celebration on July 14, 2009 from 5:00PM - " 2:00AM. The Boston, MA-based "The Beehive", known for their world-class talent and musical ...

Sitting around the house, singing Scott Walker songs quite well. about 3 days ago bizarremagazine : RT @Weebop Something's Got A Hold Of My Heart by Nick Cave or Jackie by Scott Walker or Heart Attack & Vine by Screaming Jay Hawkins about 4 days ago Weebop : @bizarremagazine Something's Got A Hold Of My Heart by Nick Cave or Jackie by Scott Walker ...

The true masters never go away, but there's no denying that Serge Gainsbourg is experiencing a posthumous resurgence of late, one that rivals his Gitane-perfumed popularity in the mid-1990s. This go-round, the emphasis is on Out moments more than pop tracks.

Martha Wainwright - 3 Edith Piaf shows, Castle Clinton, Summerstage, Watermill & other 2009 tour dates Martha Wainwright singing Edith Piaf @ Spiegeltent Martha Wainwright has sung the songs of Edith Piaf in the past , and she'll do it again for three shows on Sunday, June 14th and Monday, June 15th at Dixon Place Theater .

You want charm? Envelope pushing animation? Talking dogs? Up . Pixar's tenth film continues to top the box office, totally over $130 million in its first two weeks.

Highly committed to the plight of Aung San Suu Kyi's for many years, British-born actress and singer Jane Birkin, a resident of France who met Aung San Suu Kyi in 1999, has asked Total CEO Christophe de Margerie to accept United Nations control over the the French oil firm's benefits accrued from business with Burma's ruling junta.

Wednesday, June 03, 2009 John Esther: Costas Gavras Talks About Z , 40 Years Later A riveting action thriller about political assassination at the highest levels, this year marks the 40th anniversary of Z ... the Academy Award-winning 1969 film co-written and directed by Costas Gavras about a Judge who looks into the death of the Deputy who was ...

The tragic death of young English actress Lucy Gordon has highlighted, once again, the high toll that fame can exact on our young celebrities.