2013
Armstrong lived a lot of lies and brought global attention with this documentary
By GalaTView Staff
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The Armstrong Lie widely regarded as one of the most prominent figures in the history of sports, Armstrong had triumphed over cancer and went on to win bicycling’s greatest race, the Tour de France, a record seven consecutive times.
Charting Armstrong’s life-story (and given unprecedented access to both the Tour and the man), Gibney began filming what he initially envisioned as the ultimate comeback story – Armstrong’s return from his 2005 retirement and his attempt to win his eighth Tour. Indeed, more than just an athlete, Armstrong, through his inspiring personal narrative and charitable works, had come to embody nothing short of the possibilities of the human spirit itself. An unprecedented scandal, however, would rewrite both the Armstrong legend and Gibney’s film.
Doping accusations weave in and out of the story, with Armstrong’s personal performance-enhancing medical advisor, Michele Ferrari, introduced with a dose of tongue-in-cheek irony as the villain of the piece. It’s fascinating to learn just how sophisticated the deceptions were, with illegal blood transfusions at one point carried out in plain sight on a team bus during a Tour stage. Armstrong was subsequently stripped of his victories and banned from all competitive sporting activities for life. Now the question is this famous cyclist deserved the punishment he received at the end of the whole doping scandal? You will have the best answer after seeing this controversial documentary.
'Star Wars: Episode VII' will write its own story with Filmmaker Lawrence Kasdan
Sounds like this production is in serious trouble but Filmmaker Lawrence Kasdan is working on the script for “Star Wars: Episode VII” with director J.J. Abrams. Lucasfilm President Kathleen Kennedy said in a statement that “Arndt has done a terrific job and hopefully this would be a well developed story.
Ethan Hawke will play a fighter pilot in an untitled thriller
Writer/director Andrew Niccol has found his next film, and set a familiar face to anchor it. Ethan Hawke is in talks to star for the third time in a Niccol film. The film will begin shooting in February 2014.
Gabriel Basso will be part of 'Barely Lethal'
The Kings of Summer” star Gabriel Basso is set to join Hailee Steinfeld and Samuel L. Jackson in the Brett Ratner-produced indie movie “Barely Lethal.”
Basso, who was one of the young stars of J.J. Abrams’ “Super 8,” is perhaps best known for playing Laura Linney’s son on Showtime’s “The Big C.” He was last seen alongside Nick Robinson and Moises Arias in Jordan Vogt-Roberts charming coming-of-age comedy “The Kings of Summer.”
The Epic moment of Kanye West
Kanye West had a great opening night of his Yeezus tour in Seattle with than 15,000 fans crowded the locked doors of the KeyArena. The most applauded songs were songs “New Slaves” and “Send It Up”, “Stronger,” and truly electrifying performances of “Power,” “Can’t Tell Me Nothing” and “Runaway.”
Eros Ramazzotti was successful with “Noi World Tour 2013” in Los Angeles
Photos and review by Jenny Alvarez
During 29-years of career Mr. Eros Ramazzotti sold more than than 50 million records and created a phenomenal music ambience in a concert full of story and magic in a great debut at Greek Theatre in Los Angeles C.A. His music that underlines a time-honored Mediterranean melodicism with rock beats and synthesized textures with 6 musicians and two show girls, all of them were shown in closeup on two large video screens throughout the concert. This Italian Singer sang his best hits such as: La Cosa Mas Bella, Se Basstase Una Canzone, Amarte es Total, Calma apparent, La Vida Todavia, Noi and more. His high vocal quality was solely in Spanish, Italian and English. Upon further listening, as a reviewer I found a distinct hint of Latin music in all the songs, which are bouncy and hummable, but the overall feel remains American. The place was very well equipped and you could easily go down and get drinks and snacks, full of clean and comfortable seats where you could hear everything. That night was full of emotions and feelings and people from Los Angeles was so happy to applause him due the audience was very charmed because was a concert full of surprises and worth paying a show like this one.
Director of Transformers Movies was a assault victim
Director Michael Bay, was attacked by two men while filming the latest installation of the Transformers movie franchise in Hong Kong. It was a bad experience for him but No one on the cast or crew was injured.
Ashton Kutcher is the highest-paid TV actors
Thanks to CBS’s Two and a Half Men, where he has starred since Charlie Sheen’s dramatic exit, Kutcher tops the list with estimated earnings of $24 million between June 2012 and June 2013.
Eminem releases his new track titled “Rap God”
Eminem surveys his competition in the hip-hop world and, comparing himself to all others he concludes, “I’m beginning to feel like a rap God.” In the third single off his 8th studio album, Eminem relishes about his time in the hip-hop world and compares himself to his competition.” he raps, and although the six-minute track is filled with his usual controversial lyrics, he doesn’t go as far as to call himself a “God,” unlike Kanye West.
Eros Ramazzotti will make his Greek Theatre debut on October 17th
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Roman singer, Eros Ramazzotti will make his Greek Theatre debut on October 17th with his “Noi World Tour 2013”. Selling out venues across four continents, Eros will make his only West Coast appearance in Los Angeles.
Selling more than 50 million records, Eros signed a new recording contract with Universal Music Group in 2011. With Universal Music Group, he released the single “Un Angelo disteso al sole”, and in 2012 the worldwide release of “NOI”, the first solo album made with Universal Music: the album reached number 1 on iTunes in 17 countries around the world.
On January 1, 2013 Rai 2 devoted a long prime time special to Eros Ramazzotti that covered his entire career, “public-private” and showed, for the first time, images from the live event of November 10, 2012 from which the Roman artist had premiered the album “NOI”, to the fans and the international press in Rome in “his Cinecittà”.
