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Charlie Chaplin museum to open in Swiss mansion

26 November 2009 3:11 AM, PST | The Guardian - Film News | See recent The Guardian - Film News news »

Former home by Lake Geneva to showcase life and work of legendary actor

Charlie Chaplin's Swiss mansion is to become a museum, one of his sons said today.

The Corsier-sur-Vevey property by Lake Geneva was chosen over sites in Los Angeles and London as the site of the first museum dedicated to the screen legend, said Michael Chaplin. The museum, which has been a decade in the planning and will be finished within two years, will feature objects from the actor's life and displays chronicling his rise from London's music halls to Hollywood stardom. "He was very happy here because he had a family life," Michael Chaplin said of the Swiss home where his father lived for more than 20 years until his death in 1977.

The vaulted wine cellars of the house will be used to evoke the Victorian-era London of Chaplin's youth, while Hollywood will be recreated in the »

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Nielsen Ratings System: The Inevitable Evolution

5 November 2009 3:53 AM, PST | ScreenRant.com | See recent Screen Rant news »

Screen Rant - Television

When Arthur Nielsen first started metering television with his Audimeter, there were only 200 TV sets in use world wide. Originally, the Nielsen system was meant to measure brand advertising analysis for radio in the 30’s. When the Nielsen system established itself in 1950, the average home had 1 television and received three networks.  I’m betting someone back then probably was saying “With all these channels, and there’s still nothing on!”

As a society, we’ve grown beyond the constraints of the television itself.  We now watch our favorite shows not only when we want, but where and how we want. We have shows streaming on the internet to our laptops, desktops, phones and even streaming into our televisions now!  Who knows what else will come up.

Modern times are starting to tear apart that standard system of what time a show airs and what day. As »

- Bruce Simmons

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A Note from Chicago: I Came for Communism but Kanikôsen Just Gave Me Crabs Instead

19 October 2009 8:37 PM, PDT | FilmExperience | See recent FilmExperience news »

Hello, Film Experiencers! This is the rather-absent-of-late BeRightBack, posting a note from beneath the mountains of work I've been buried under for the past two months or so. As you may know, the Chicago International Film Festival is currently taking place in the Windy City. While I had been resigned to skipping it entirely this year, last night I was compelled to ignore my obligations and take in a Sunday night screening of Kanikôsen, the new movie by the Japanese director Sabu.

Known for candy-colored, slapstick films like Hard Luck Hero and Drive that rely on the narrative force of a madcap chase to connect a series of inventive set-pieces and visual gags, Sabu seemed a provocatively odd choice to remake the stern 1929 proletarian novella Kanikôsen by Kobayashi Takiji (the title is translated variously as "The Factory Ship" or "The Cannery Boat," although Sabu has insisted that his film be »

- BeRightBack

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10 Things I Learned This Week

2 October 2009 4:32 PM, PDT | The Wrap | See recent The Wrap news »

By Michael Adams

1. The History of Roller Movies Goes Way Beyond “Whip It”

From James Caan skating for his life in “Rollerball” to Raquel Welch doing similar knock ‘em down duties in “Kansas City Bomber,” movies about people on eight wheels have a rich and varied history. Charlie Chaplin got his skates on not only in “Modern Times” but also 20 years earlier in “The Rink” while Missy Piggy took out a mugger on borrowed wheels in “Muppets Take Manhattan.” And there are many, many more. Referring to one’s own... »

- Lew Harris

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Tiff: ‘The Invention of Lying’ - Good Concept, Poor Execution

16 September 2009 7:48 PM, PDT | ScreenRant.com | See recent Screen Rant news »

I just don’t get Ricky Gervais.

I don’t find him funny, nor do I think him to be particularly talented. I do not understand his recent success at all, nor do I understand how he has been given a film to direct when thousands of young film students are dying to make a first film. To me he’s a one note comic struggling to stay alive opposite the actors he is working with. In his new film The Invention of Lying he is smarmy and superior to everyone around him, and I guess that is supposed to be funny. Ok, fine, but not to me, and comedy remember is very personal.

 

So I get that what is funny to you will not be to me and what I like, you may not. I remember showing my wife The Life of Brian years ago, and while I was howling with laughter, »

- John Foote

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The Story Behind ‘Smile,’ The Charlie Chaplin Song From Michael Jackson’s Memorial

7 July 2009 3:35 PM, PDT | MTV Newsroom | See recent MTV Newsroom news »

One of the more stirring moments of the Michael Jackson memorial celebration was Jermaine Jackson’s performance of “Smile,” a pop song made famous in the Charlie Chaplin film “Modern Times.” The tune was one of Michael’s favorite songs, and he recorded a version of it on his 1995 album HIStory.

The song was originally written as an instrumental by Chaplin himself in 1936, but two lyricists named John Turner and Geoffrey Parsons added lyrics to it, giving it the sense of melancholy and optimism that infuses the track. Jackson isn’t the only fan of the song, as it has been covered by an eclectic batch of performers including Elvis Costello, Michael Bolton, Nat King Cole, Michael Bublé, Barbara Streisand and Josh Groban.

Jackson’s version of “Smile” was the final track on HIStory and was recorded as an epic ballad (Jermaine’s version most resembles his brother’s take »

- MTV News

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Michael Jackson Memorial Service: The Live Blog

7 July 2009 9:03 AM, PDT | MTV Newsroom | See recent MTV Newsroom news »

Welcome to the Michael Jackson memorial service live blog. Don’t forget you can watch the full event on a live stream here and you can follow on Twitter here. We’re expecting a memorable afternoon featuring Mariah Carey, Usher, John Mayer, Stevie Wonder and a host of other guests and surprises in celebration of Jackson’s life and career.

All times are Eastern.

11:32 - The family is currently unloading at the private ceremony at Forest Lawn Cemetery, while fans are filing into the Staples Center. Several outlets are reporting that Jackson’s body will be transported via helicopter from the cemetery to the public memorial.

11:47 - Though the crowds continue to grow outside the Staples Center, everything appears to be running smoothly and orderly.

12:01 - Sway is live outside the Staples Center. The crowd looks big but controlled. Jackson has surpassed President Obama in Facebook fans — over 7 million! »

- MTV News

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I'm Not a Huge Charles Chaplin Fan but...

2 February 2009 12:41 AM, PST | Rope of Silicon | See recent Rope Of Silicon news »

...this moment in Modern Times is near perfection. For those that don't know what's going on in the scene, he had the lyrics to the song he was supposed to sing on his cuffs, which you will notice fly off almost immediately. One thing interesting about the song Chaplin sings is that it is the first time you hear the Tramp's voice as he sings "Je cherche apres Titine" in French/Italian gibberish but his actions lead the audience to understand what he is supposed to be singing about entirely. If you are yet to familiarize yourself with Chaplin or are looking for a refresher course on April 16 TCM is set to run 10 Chaplin films in a row including Tillie's Punctured Romance (1914), A Dog's Life (1918), A Day's Pleasure (1919), The Kid (1921), Pay Day (1922), A Woman of Paris (1923), The Gold Rush (1925), Modern Times (1936), The Great Dictator (1940), A King in New York (1957) and »

- Brad Brevet

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2009 | 2003 | 1999

8 articles from 2009

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