Mes: agosto 2019

(CBS/AP) TORONTO – The Toronto International Film Festival, one of the world’s top cinema showcases and a prelude for contenders at the Academy Awards, will have a broader vibe than usual this year. Stars such as George Clooney, Brad Pitt, Rachel Weisz, Michelle Williams, Glenn Close, Robert De Niro and Viggo Mortensen are on the guest list for the 11-day festival that opens Thursday with an unusually heavy emphasis on music and documentaries. Fall film previewSpecial section: Awards season Pitt is on hand for the premiere of “Moneyball,” a film he has been trying to bring to the screen for years as both star and producer. Directed by Bennett Miller (“Capote”), “Moneyball” casts Pitt as Oakland A’s general manager Billy Beane, who rebuilt his team on a shoestring budget applying a fresh statistical approach to find under-appreciated players. “Baseball had relied on a form of statistics that just hadn’t been questioned, and this discovery that had been around for 30 years but had been dismissed showed that there’s much more to it,” Pitt said. “There’s a lot of talented people out there who aren’t being used.” Pitt’s “Ocean’s Eleven” pal Clooney stars in two Toronto films, the family drama “The Descendants” from director Alexander Payne (“Sideways”) and his own latest directing effort, the political saga “The Ides of March,” in which he plays a presidential candidate opposite Ryan Gosling...

(CBS) It’s fitting that the word “ambient” is in the title of the latest The War On Drugs album. The tracks on “Slave Ambient” have layers and layers of keyboards and guitars that surround the listener. There’s also enough going on with the percussion to keep things moving. (Listen to The War On Drugs’ “Come to the City” below.) The War On Drugs’ “Slave Ambient” feels a lot like the late 1980s duo David & David and David Baerwald’s solo work – with different subject matter – right down to the way the pleasantly weary vocals cut through the mix. There’s also a Daniel Lanois-esque feel to the production (read: lots of reverb). The Philadelphia-based The War on Drugs is a vehicle for Adam Granduciel, the band’s frontman and guitarist. He’s helped out on here by multi-instrumentalists Robbie Bennett and Dave Hartley, and drummer Mike Zanghi. “Slave Ambient” is The War On Drugs’ second full-length. It was released in August 2011. Click here to listen to/download “Come to the City.” The band is currently touring Europe but returns to the United States in October for a series of dates. Oct. 11 – Raleigh, N.C., Kings BaracadeOct. 12 – Asheville, N.C., Grey EagleOct. 13 – Atlanta, The EARLOct. 14 – Pensacola, Fla., De Luna FestivalOct. 17 – Dallas, Bryant Street TavernOct. 18 – Austin, Texas, Emo’sOct. 20 – Tucson, 홀덤...

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