Well that was quick. After only two successful years of concerts, New Jersey’s All Points West festival may already be done. (Sound of the City) California’s Mount Diablo will not be renamed after Ronald Reagan, mostly because “Diablo” sounds really, really cool. (Animal) Chinese artists were beaten during a peaceful march in Bejing protesting their violent eviction ... Read More »
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Machu Picchu Reopens in April, Trading Coke for Tourists, and Scorsese Does Coco
Columbia continues to try to switch its leading industry from cocaine production to tourism, sometimes with nasty overlaps. (Matador) Martin Scorsese’s next project will have him directing a short film for superbrand Chanel. (My Fashion Life) After seven deaths, thousands homeless, and hundreds of tourists stranded, Maccu Picchu is returning to normal after disruptive mudslides damaged nearby ... Read More »
Scorsese, DeNiro to Create New “Taxi Driver” With Von Trier?
An interesting bit of news coming out of Germany’s Berlinale Film Festival is only slightly more odd than the idea of Werner Herzog redoing Abel Ferrara’s “Bad Lieutenant” with Nic Gage (which, if you don’t remember, actually happened). According to multiple reports coming out of Berlin, Martin Scorsese and Robert DeNiro are currently mulling a remake of of their ... Read More »