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Netflix has released the first trailer for Maestro starring Bradley Cooper and Carey Mulligan – check out the clip below.Directed and co-written by Cooper, the film charts the lifelong relationship between composer Leonard Bernstein (played by Cooper) and his wife Felicia Montealegre Cohn Bernstein (Mulligan).A synopsis reads: “Maestro is a towering and fearless love story chronicling the lifelong relationship between Leonard Bernstein and Felicia Montealegre Cohn Bernstein. A love letter to life and art, Maestro at its core is an emotionally epic portrayal of family and love.”Along with starring, directing and co-writing the film with Josh Singer (Spotlight), Cooper has also produced the film alongside Martin Scorsese, Steven Spielberg, Fred Berner, Amy Durning and Kristie Macosko Krieger.Other cast members include Matt Bomer, Maya Hawke, Sarah Silverman, Josh Hamilton, Scott Ellis, Gideon Glick, Sam Nivola, Alexa Swinton and Miriam Shor.As shown in the trailer, Cooper and Mulligan both sport makeup to depict older versions of the couple, as it flips from black-and-white to colour.Bernstein is a renowned conductor and composer, who is perhaps best known for his work on the Broadway musical West Side Story.Maestro is released in select UK cinemas on November 24, before it arrives on Netflix from December 20, 2023.This is the second film Cooper has directed following 2018’s A Star Is Born, where he starred opposite Lady Gaga.

The first teaser trailer for Maestro is here!

BBC has announced that its legendary Maida Vale recording studios have been sold, with Hans Zimmer confirmed to be among the buyers.Sharing the news today (August 14), the complex made up of seven studios on Delaware Road in West London, has been sold to a partnership between Tim Bevan and Eric Fellner, and Hans Zimmer and Steven Kofsky.The studio was first bought by the BBC in 1933 and has hosted the likes of David Bowie, The Beatles, Led Zeppelin and many more.News of the sale first emerged in early July, with reports suggesting that Zimmer bought the BBC‘s iconic studio for £10.5million.As per a press release, purchasers have agreed that “Maida Vale’s legacy as a centre for pioneering music-making will continue”, and plan to keep the original exterior of the building to “preserve the ethos of Maida Vale”.The building will remain a studio space, but there are plans for a multi-million pound refurbishment including the creation of a not-for-profit educational facility along with a “long-term commitment to providing local jobs, innovation and investment”.“The first time I worked for the BBC at their Maida Vale Studios was 45 years ago. I was just a kid, in awe, honoured to be booked to play on one of my first sessions,” Zimmer said in a press statement.

Michaela Zee Tom Jones, who wrote the book and lyrics for the longest-running musical “The Fantasticks,” died Friday at his home in Sharon, Conn. He was 95. Jones’ son Michael told The New York Times the cause was cancer.

Emmy-winning producer and director Mark Mylod has been with Succession for all four seasons, as has composer Nicholas Britell, who won an Emmy for the iconic theme of the series marking the three-time Oscar nominee’s first TV show. However, it was the stunner of a Episode 3 in the series’ final season, “Connor’s Wedding,” that was unlike anything they had tackled before on the show, and it presented unique challenges.

Peter Debruge Chief Film Critic Back in the 1970s, when Korea was closed to the outside world, locals relied on black market dealers to get their hands on everything from American cigarettes to Ritz crackers. Though this illicit import racket was run mostly by men, it wouldn’t have been possible without half a dozen uniquely talented women — skilled divers known as haenyeo who fished the loot from the sea.

Todd Spangler NY Digital Editor Zoom changed its terms of service to say that it won’t use any customer content — at all — in training generative artificial intelligence models. The update, which the videoconference company announced Friday, comes after observers raised the alarm about a recent change in Zoom’s TOS that appeared to grant the company royalty-free rights in perpetuity for customer video calls and presentations for the purposes of training AI models.

Naman Ramachandran France has named a heavyweight Oscar selection committee to decide the submission in the international feature film category at the 2024 Academy Awards. France’s Minister of Culture Rima Abdul Malak has appointed a seven-person committee proposed by Dominique Boutonnat, president of French film board CNC. They include composer Alexandre Desplat, whose 11 Oscar nominations have led to two wins for “The Shape of Water” and “The Grand Budapest Hotel”; former Lionsgate executive and producer Patrick Wachsberger, Oscar winner for “CODA”; and two-time Cesar winning producer Charles Gillibert (“Mustang,” “M”).

Outlander fans were “in tears” after the latest episode as producers paid their respects to the late Sinead O'Connor in the end credits.

Thania Garcia Giorgio Moroder and Iconoclast have struck a deal to work on the development and marketing of the “Father of Disco’s” name, image, and likeness rights. Iconoclast acquires the Grammy and Oscar-winning composer’s producer royalties, which span across timeless hits including Donna Summer’s “I Feel Love” and Blondie’s “Call Me,” among others.

Jon Burlingame One of the most remarkable statistics to emerge from this year’s Emmy nominations is the number of women cited in the music categories: nearly 27 percent (14 of 52 noms) are female, the highest percentage in any Emmy competition to date. Another first: the category of music composition for a limited or anthology series, movie or special, was dominated by women. They scored three of the five nominated shows: “Ms.

Italian production designer Tonino Zera, whose credits include Roman Polanski’s upcoming drama The Palace, will be feted with the Campari Passion Award at the 80th edition of Venice Film Festival, running from August 30 to September 9.

Martin Scorsese is paying tribute to his friend and collaborator, The Band guitarist Robbie Robertson.Robertson died Wednesday in Los Angeles after a long illness. He was 80.«Robbie Robertson was one of my closest friends, a constant in my life and my work,» Scorsese said in a statement to ET. «I could always go to him as a confidante.

Martin Scorsese is paying tribute to his friend and collaborator, The Band guitarist Robbie Robertson.Robertson died Wednesday in Los Angeles after a long illness. He was 80.«Robbie Robertson was one of my closest friends, a constant in my life and my work,» Scorsese said in a statement to ET. «I could always go to him as a confidante.

Martin Scorsese's films, died Wednesday in Los Angeles after a long illness. He was 80.Born in Toronto, Ontario, in 1943, Robertson started playing guitar at age 10, and when he was 16, joined The Band drummer Levon Helm in The Hawks, the backing band for rockabilly star Ronnie Hawkins.

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Todd Spangler NY Digital Editor A recent change to Zoom’s terms of service pertaining to AI set off alarm bells in Hollywood and the tech world — with some interpreting the videoconferencing provider’s update as granting the company royalty-free rights in perpetuity for customer video calls and presentations for the purposes of training AI models. In response, Zoom said it doesn’t use any customer audio, video or chat content for training AI without consent.

Marta Balaga FilmSharks has picked up world sales rights to Finnish children’s film “Snot & Splash: The Mystery of Disappearing Holes.” “It was a bidding war. They got offers from everybody,” said FilmSharks CEO Guido Rud. “Snot & Splash” (“Räkä ja Roiskis”) is produced by It’s Alive Films – founded by director Teemu Nikki and Jani Pösö – and set for distribution in its native Finland (Scanbox), Scandinavian sub distribution by Sweden (Folkets Bio) and Norway (Norsk Filmdistribusjon), and Italy in the spring (I Wonder Pictures).

Paul McCartney has led tributes to composer Carl Davis, who died aged 86.Davis’ family announced last week (August 3) that the BAFTA-winning composer had died following a brain haemorrhage.Sharing a photo of the two sitting together at the piano, McCartney said of his friend and collaborator: “I was very sad to hear that my friend Carl Davis had passed away.“Carl and I wrote the ‘Liverpool Oratorio’ together. It was my first full-length classical venture and I really enjoyed working with him to make it happen.

The VOCES8 Foundation presents its latest Live From London digital festival this weekend which, among other things, will include the premiere performance of a new piece composed by Ed Newton-Rex that features lyrics generated by artificial intelligence.Composer and entrepreneur Newton-Rex has been involved in generative AI in the music space for more than a decade, having founded the music AI start-up Jukedeck that was subsequently acquired by TikTok owner Bytedance. He is now VP of Audio at Stability AI.For his new composition – called ‘I Stand In The Library’ – he used OpenAI’s GPT-3 to generate a set of lyrics which he then set to music.