Vanessa Carlton

   
Artist: Vanessa Carlton

   Genre(s): 
Rock
   Pop
   Rock: Pop-Rock
   Other
   

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Discography:


   
 Heroes and Thieves

   Year: 2007   
Tracks: 11


   
 Harmonium

   Year: 2004   
Tracks: 12


   
 Be Not Nobody

   Year: 2003   
Tracks: 11


   
 Live at the Exit-In Nashville 2005

   Year:    
Tracks: 18

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Born in a petite townspeople in Pennsylvania, Vanessa Carlton was listening to euphony earlier she was innate, as her mother performed diverse classical pieces in the home's pianissimo. At the age of two, Carlton and her parents went to Disney World, where she heard "It's a Small World." Falling in love with the song dynasty, she discerned the song's melodic line on the piano when she returned home. Having composed her low pianoforte piece at years octad, Carlton was exposed to a broad array of music, from Debussy to Pink Floyd. At 14, she was recognized into the School of American Ballet in New York, where she lived in a hall in the renowned Lincoln Center. But, after being in the top of her class, she became discomfited at the strictness of the discipline. This frustration lED to her playing a nearby piano inside the dormitory, from which a the great unwashed of songs began forming. After waitressing in Lower Manhattan and living in Hell's Kitchen, Carlton would drive 'tween her stead and her parents' home on weekends, attempting to criminal record "the perfect demonstration" on pianissimo. Open mic nights in New York City followed, and her music caught the attention of crucial music industry ears. In February 2002, her debut single, "A Thousand Miles," hit the charts and its video was played on MTV. She performed on Rosie O'Donnell, MTV's TRL, and was mentioned in Rolling Stone as one of ten artists to look out in 2002. In April 2002, she released her debut album, Be Not Nobody. Carlton's second gear travail, Organ followed deuce old age afterwards. For her third phonograph recording, Carlton worked with a range of producers -- everyone from Irv Gotti to Linda Perry. The results, highborn Heroes & Thieves, appeared in late 2007.

Quebec designers craft creations inspired by Yves Saint Laurent for tribute show

MONTREAL - A fashion show months in the making will have an added poignancy as noted Quebec designers unveil creations inspired by the works of the late Yves Saint Laurent.

A Tribute to Yves Saint Laurent is slated to take place Wednesday in Montreal on McGill College Avenue as part of the Festival Mode et Design.

The fashion show will feature creations inspired by Saint Laurent's works made by more than a dozen of the province's top design talents including Michel Desjardins, Renata Morales and Marie Saint Pierre.

The legendary designer died Sunday at his Paris home after a yearlong battle with brain cancer. However, the annual festival and the special tribute show to Saint Laurent, which are open to the public, have been in the works for some six months, said Jean-Francois Daviau, co-president of Sensation Mode, organizers of Festival Mode et Design.

The event coincides with the recent opening of a retrospective at the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts spanning 40 years of Saint Laurent's haute couture creations. The museum will also be exhibiting the works created for the tribute show, Daviau said.

"For us that's really important because fashion in Canada, it's not seen enough as a cultural element so that's recognition from the institution," he said Monday. "It's a huge step for us, it's really important. We're really proud of this partnership."

Daviau said the decision to honour Saint Laurent's work was intended to recognize his talents and how his craft and creations continue to resonate.

"A piece of clothing is not just somebody that says, 'OK, we're going to do pants.' There is a thinking behind it, and for us, Yves Saint Laurent was a master of his art in this way," he said.

Helmer Joseph, who returned to Montreal four years ago after two decades of work as a high fashion and theatrical costume designer in Paris, describes his Saint Laurent-inspired evening dress featuring a deep decolletage, and bolero with large ballooned sleeves as "very feminine, very elegant and very classic" - traits also embodied in the celebrated designer.

"Saint Laurent is someone who wanted women to be very feminine first, not doing fashion to make a show," he said.

Christian Chenail created what he described as a "long sexy dress in black with gold trimmings."

The designer of the Muse label said he always liked that Saint Laurent kept in mind the things he thought were important and carried them through in his creations.

"(He was) consistent in his way of thinking fashion, and consistent in the work, too, because the work was always high quality and well done, and nice pieces, in fact."

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On The Net:

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News from �The Canadian Press, 2008

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Common joins "Terminator" cast

NEW YORK (Billboard) - Rapper Common will have a starring role in the upcoming fourth installment of the "Terminator" series, "Terminator Salvation: The Future Begins."


The Chicago MC will play a freedom fighter named Barnes who is defending the human race against a machine that aims to destroy it.


Common will star alongside Christian Bale -- who will play the main character, John Connor -- and Sam Worthington, among others. The Warner Bros. and Sony-distributed film is set to hit theaters in May 2009.


Common will release his forthcoming eighth album, "Invincible Summer," in mid-July.


"I created this music for the summer time, it's about feeling good," Common told Billboard.com about the electro-tinged and techno-driven album. "This is the type of music I felt was missing from my body of work."


Common will also appear in the action thriller "Wanted," which stars James McAvoy, Angelina Jolie and Morgan Freeman and is scheduled for release in June.


Reuters/Billboard

Seth Rogen to Play the Green Hornet, the Last ‘Unlikely Superhero’

Photo illustration: Everett Bogue; Photos: GettyImages, Retna
There was a time (about two months ago) when the casting of the once-uninsurable, formerly incarcerated (though hip and clearly non-portly) Robert Downey Jr. as Iron Man still sounded a little crazy — maybe not as unfathomable as Michael Keaton playing as Batman, but certainly an unorthodox choice to bet a potential franchise on. Now, though, Sony has green-lit Seth Rogen's long-discussed Green Hornet movie, in which Rogen will somehow fight crime as the titular (presumably out-of-breath) masked avenger. EW describes it as "what may be the most unlikely superhero movie yet," as does pretty much everyone else. We hope everybody gets it out of his system now, because this will be the last time the "unlikely superhero" descriptor is ever likely to work for anything. Following Rogen's casting, who would be a likely superhero? Jonah Hill as the Flash?

Seth Rogen's 'The Green Hornet' gets a green light [Hollywood Insider/EW]

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