Don Quixote: Last News

EXCLUSIVE: On the heels of his debut feature Calladita (The Quiet Maid)’s November world premiere at the Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival, rising Spanish filmmaker Miguel Faus has signed with Artists First for management.

Brent Lang Executive Editor Archstone Entertainment has acquired worldwide sales rights to “Don Q,” a comedic tribute to mafia movies that stars Armand Assante, no stranger to the genre from his work in HBO’s “Gotti” and “American Gangster.” It was written and directed by Claudio Bellante. Sales for the film kicked off this week at AFM. The film follows Assante’s character, who thinks of himself as a Don Corleone but is really more of a Don Quixote.

In the late 1960s, Gram Parsons, fresh from leaving The Byrds and becoming close pals with the Rolling Stones, signed on to star in a sci-fi film, Saturation 70.

I think Walt would be grumpy.

In the weeks leading up to her passing, the iconic singer Sinead O'Connor had just moved back to London, calling the city her “home,” and expressing her excitement about upcoming events and projects. Sinead, who was just 56 years old at the time of her death, had a rollercoaster life marked by mental health struggles and personal tragedies. Shortly before her passing, Sinead had shared her enthusiasm for seeing Rudolf Nureyev's Don Quixote ballet in London.

Gordon Lightfoot‘s “final album” has been announced.Per record label Linus Entertainment’s official website, the double record, titled ‘At Royal Albert Hall’, will serve as the late Canadian folk singer-songwriter’s final album. ‘At Royal Albert Hall’ was recorded live in 2016 and features a slew of the singer’s biggest hits including ‘Sundown’, ‘Early Morning Rain’ and ‘Waiting For You’.Linus Entertainment wrote in a statement: “In the final weeks prior to his passing on May 1, 2023, Gordon Lightfoot insisted that this live album be released as soon as possible, approving the artwork and making it clear that no changes were to be made to the recording.”Lightfoot’s ‘At Royal Albert Hall’ is reportedly “an unembellished live mix of that nights’ performance, without edits, overdubs, remixing or re-sequencing.

Gordon Lightfoot, the honey-voiced Canadian singer-songwriter who had giant U.S. hits with “If You Could Read My Mind,” “Sundown” and “The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald,” died today at Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre in Toronto. He was 84.

Albert Serra has up to now been known for his revisionist period films, which include prankishly unconventional treatments of Don Quixote (“Honor of the Nights,” 2006), Casanova (“The Story of My Death,” 2013) and Louis XIV (“The Death of Louis XIV,” 2016).  With “Pacifiction,” he makes his first film with a contemporary setting—and made his debut in the main competition at Cannes, where the film premiered—but it’s in many ways the closest he’s come to classic historical fiction.

Albert Serra has up to now been known for his revisionist period films, which include prankishly unconventional treatments of Don Quixote (“Honor of the Nights,” 2006), Casanova (“The Story of My Death,” 2013) and Louis XIV (“The Death of Louis XIV,” 2016).  With “Pacifiction,” he makes his first film with a contemporary setting—and made his debut in the main competition at Cannes, where the film premiered—but it’s in many ways the closest he’s come to classic historical fiction.

Jane The Virgin star Gina Rodriguez has let her fans in one some of the details of how she is preparing for motherhood.The 38-year-old is expecting her firstborn child by her husband Joe LoCicero, an actor and MMA fighter she married in May 2019.'My husband is training to be my doula. He's really next level,' she dished in a new interview with Entertainment Tonight, joking: 'He's a martial artist and so it's basically, you know, he's cornering the fight of my life.' Baby on board:  Gina Rodriguez has let her fans in one some of the details of how she and her husband Joe LoCicero are preparing for motherhoodGina qualified: 'I wouldn't call it a fight - I would say, it's like...me climbing my Mount Everest and he's gonna corner me for it.' She waxed rhapsodic about how 'magical' Joe is, quipping: 'He's definitely the better half, so I'm hoping that he'll just go on in there and pull our baby out.'As for her own preparations, Gina revealed to the outlet: 'I'm taking some hardcore prenatal classes, working on that pelvic floor.' Side by side: 'My husband is training to be my doula,' she dished to Entertainment Tonight, joking: 'He's a martial artist and so it's basically, you know, he's cornering the fight of my life'The Chicago-born actress divulged that she has also been bracing herself for the delivery by watching videos of live births.Gina shot to fame in 2014 on Jane The Virgin, which starred her as a staunch Catholic who has never had sex but gets artificially inseminated by accident.She first met Joe on the set of the series in 2016, when he was shooting a guest appearance a a stripper in a Don Quixote costume.

SEVENTEEN have unveiled the first music video teaser for their upcoming single, ‘World’.In the teaser, the 13-piece group are seen alighting from their vehicles in the middle of a desert plagued by a sandstorm, with what appears to be an abandoned gas station being the only sign of life around. They then gather below a sign that reads “Welcome to the World”, with a blank in the middle of the phrase yet to be filled in.‘World’, alongside SEVENTEEN’s forthcoming repackaged album ‘Sector 17’, is due out on July 18 at 6pm KST / 5am ET.‘World’ is set to be the title track of ‘Sector 17’, a repackaged version of SEVENTEEN’s May studio album ‘Face The Sun’, and one of four new tracks to feature on the record.

Jane The Virgin are in one of two camps: Michael or Rafael. Even though the show ended in 2019, fans of the series are still holding strong in their preferences, shipping the star Gina Rodriguez with her former costars, Justin Baldoni and Brett Dier. Unfortunately for die-hard fans hoping for one of the show’s romances to make it off-screen, that ship sailed...a while ago.

Don Quixote.In honor of the center’s 50th anniversary season, the acclaimed New York-based company once again revives the signature duet of bravura dancing between the spirited maiden Kitri and her charming amour Basilio — this time performed in its proper place as the stirring climax to the full-length Don Quixote.A sweeping and romantic tale, the rollicking, high-spirited ballet was developed by legendary Russian choreographer Marius Petipa, with further refinement by Petipa’s former student and regular assistant Alexander Gorsky.Set to music by Ludwig Minkus in a staging by ABT’s Artistic Director Kevin McKenzie and longtime Regisseur Susan Jones, Don Quixote offers what the company calls “a feast of choreographic fireworks.”A different coupling of dancers from the company’s starry roster will be featured at each of five performances in the Opera House, kicking off with Isabella Boylston as Kitri and Daniil Simkin as Basilio on Thursday, March 31.The premiere dance organization, decreed “America’s National Ballet Company” by an act of Congress in 2006, will mark its return to the Kennedy Center earlier this week with two evening performances of the mixed-repertory program “ABT Forward.”Billed as a showcase of “the company’s artistry in three dazzling works by today’s modern masters of choreography,” the program includes Bernstein in a Bubble, a work by Alexei Ratmansky developed in pandemic quarantine and inspired by the variety, charm, and quintessentially American spirit of Leonard Bernstein’s Divertimento; ZigZag, a joyous piece, set to songs by iconic crooner Tony Bennett, from Jessica Lang, hailed as a “master of visual composition” by Dance Magazine; and Single Eye, a new, innovative work by Alonzo King and set

Shameless had a devoted legion of fans when it first debuted on Channel 4 in 2003 and quickly became a household name in British comedy.

Emilio Delgado, the actor whose decades-long portrayal of Sesame Street‘s fix-it shop owner Luis Rodriguez endeared him to generations of young viewers and was a pioneering force in TV’s depiction of Mexican-Americans, died in New York City today just more than two years after being diagnosed with the blood cancer multiple myeloma. He was 81.

Chris Willman Music WriterCounterculture revivalism: it’s not just about vinyl after all. Principles in music, as it turns out, is another remnant of that era that’s experiencing a comeback, thanks to Neil Young being re-elevated by many to hero status for taking an influential stand.

Don Quixote in Boyle Heights will be the new home for El Place, the queer Latinx pizzieria formerly know as Noa Noa Place that closed last month. Don Quixote has been used as a banquet space in Boyle Heights more than 35 years, but has started hosting queer events. Photo: Don Quixote.

Naman Ramachandran A new version of the Don Quixote yarn will be tilting at U.K. box office windmills soon.London-based international sales outfit The Mise En Scène Company (MSC) has secured a U.K.

After decades of behind-the-scenes issues, Terry Gilliam was able to film and release his long-awaited, “The Man Who Killed Don Quixote,” in 2018. And like most things that have been hyped up for 25 years, the film was perfectly fine, if not a little disappointing.

Newhall Mains feel very ‘now’ - it’s the private airstrip that runs alongside it, which means guests can fly right in for their holiday on a privately owned or chartered light aircraft.Because when we can travel again, it’s clear we’ll be more conscious of doing it in a safe, healthy way. And those who choose to fly privately will discover that some of the world’s most exciting hotels already have their own airstrips, so you can fly right to their doorstep.A little south of Madrid in central Spain, wild, windswept Castilla-La Mancha is Don Quixote country.

Ammar KaliaThe (fake) snow is falling at the Repair Shop barn, and Jay Blades and his team of expert craftspeople are ready to welcome a new intake of broken-down keepsakes. Vicar Steve and his wife Amanda bring a rocking horse that carries memories of their sadly departed daughter Tamsin.