London (ANI): Actor Sir Ian McKellen has sundry a graeco-Roman Shakespeare sonnet with electronic music and rapping. He recorded an impromptu recital of Shakespeare's Sonnet 18 that begins with the words "Shall I compare thee to a summer's day?" during a visit to City Gateway, a youth centre in Limehouse, East London.
The speech was later on mixed with electronic music and rapping, recorded by some of the younker centre's members. Sir Ian said that the blend of two art forms separated by 400 days came naturally. "Shakespeare is all based on beatniks, rhythm and rhyme all things that rappers deal with," the Telegraph quoted him as saying.
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Friday, 5 September 2008
Tuesday, 26 August 2008
Young guys try to read society's road map for behavior
It's a rough route to manhood for pres Young guys, world Health Organization more than ever are finding themselves confounded and conflicted about what "masculinity" means.
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Behavioral researchers say being a heterosexual male used to mean being macho, but guys today get mixed messages on all fronts as they navigate sex, drinking, friendships and the future.
"The social messages � about how to be a skillful person or a good guy vary quite widely," says Glenn Good, professor of direction psychology at the University of Missouri-Columbia.
Joseph Hammer, 23, who is working on a master's in counseling at Missouri, hears a lot of competing messages. "Your parents tell you things. Your friends say you things. Your teachers tell you things. You see things on TV."
How to deal with women?
"Guys know they're supposed to treat women as equals," says Andrew Smiler, an assistant professor of psychology at the State University of New York-Oswego. "But we haven't changed maleness and we haven't taught boys and men how to deal with these women.
"We still tell boys and men they should be in charge and bear the knickers," he adds. "Those are two messages � you want person who is your equalise, and you should still be in charge."
In his 2007 book Boys Adrift, family dr. Leonard Sax of Malvern, Pa., suggests that many young work force are becoming slackers, in part because of to a fault many hours of video games and a dearth of role models that undermine male motivation.
In the past tense, images of manhood glorified drinking and womanizing, researchers say, simply today, they note, in that respect seems to be equal pressure to be sensitive.
"A big proportion of young males view drinking and having sexual conquests as the appropriate way to begin to show they are an adult male," Good says. "Their male peers are saying 'Be tough' and girls are locution 'Tell me about your feelings."
Guys pal round and do "guy" things, like play video games, talk sports, watch porn, binge-drink and hook up, which sociologist and gender studies skillful Michael Kimmel of Stony Brook University-New York discusses in his new volume Guyland. It's based on surveys of 13,000 students at 17 colleges about sexual "hooking up." And he interviewed cd young workforce, most in their 20s.
"The middle class white idea of proving masculinity becomes the dominant form on campuses today. It's more intense and pervasive than ever earlier," he says.
Kimmel, 57, says there has always been "guy culture," but what's acceptable has changed.
"My generation's 'dating etiquette' is now called sexual assault," he says. "What we victimised to think was distinctive office behavior is at present sexual torment."
Kimmel says these hard-partying behaviors ar "almost universal" from ages 16 to 26 and are well-nigh prevalent on campuses, peculiarly at bombastic public universities. But they are besides evident among both minorities on campus and working-class males.
In their early 20s, "around relationships and around careers, women seem more focussed and task-oriented and have a better-defined life plan than the men do," Kimmel says. He worries that "that leads manpower to search more irresponsible or slackerly."
That's non true, he adds: "They just haven't figured extinct what they have to do to get on track."
Getting back on running
Kenny Gillis, a 2005 mechanical engine room graduate from the University of Colorado-Boulder, is finish a erolia minutilla in Williamstown, Mass., with a troupe that leads bicycle tours for teens.
His concluding semester of college, he interviewed with several engine room firms and accepted a job.
That spring, "I called them back and said 'I can't do this right now,' " he says. "I wasn't ready to go into the workforce."
But turning 25 last month made him settle to nidus more on his long-term goals, he says.
Peers play a critical use in validating gender personal identity for young men exploring their masculinity, experts tell. And even as this generation has more mixed-gender friendships, guy bonding, largely through shared activities, is important, says Geoffrey Greif, a University of Maryland professor world Health Organization interviewed 400 men of all ages for Buddy System: Understanding Male Friendships.
Late teens and 20s is one of "two peak times" in life when friends toy a key role, he adds.
Greg Glasser, 19, of Columbus, Ohio, says he and his friends are into outdoor activities, from basketball to hike and swimming.
In the fall, football is "huge," says Glasser, a sophomore at Ohio University in Athens.
"Saturdays and Sundays are just football days," he says. "Guys gather around and throw a football in the yard during the clarence Day and go to the game and party."
So, if all this exposure to "guy culture" isn't salubrious, as some suggest, what's a guy wire to do?
Kimmel says staying affiliated with parents and determination at least one close guy friend will help.
Some manage to stay on track, including 22-year-old Layne Held, a credit analyst at a bank in Birmingham, Ala. He gradational in May with a business grade from the University of Georgia in Athens, where "people went to social class and treasured to do well.
"I knew going into college I wanted to have play and meet people, merely I realised I was going thither to catch an education. I had to get my studies done."
READERS: How do you define masculinity? How's it different to be a young guy today? If you're a parent, what messages ar you trying to transport your boy about "guy culture?"
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Saturday, 16 August 2008
Keane single 'Spiralling' out of control
Web site logs D,000 downloads of release track in a week
LONDON -- U.K. rock act Keane logged 500,000 downloads of its disengage track "Spiralling" in a weeklong furtherance, according to its label, Universal/Island. The song was made available on the band's Web site beginning Aug. 4.
Universal/Island says the track has become its most democratic free download ever, though there ar limited comparisons available, as U.K. labels do not routinely issue data from such digital promotions. Coldplay's giveaway caterpillar tread "Violet Hill" was downloaded 2 million times in the workweek after April 29, according to EMI.
"Spiralling" has straightaway been withdrawn as a free download from KeaneMusic.com and is available to purchase from digital stores. The song has entered the Nielsen Music Control U.K. Radio Airplay Chart at No. 34.
The track features on the band's new album, "Perfect Symmetry", which is released Oct. 13. The trio's third gear set is preceded by the right first single, "The Lovers Are Losing."
LONDON -- U.K. rock act Keane logged 500,000 downloads of its disengage track "Spiralling" in a weeklong furtherance, according to its label, Universal/Island. The song was made available on the band's Web site beginning Aug. 4.
Universal/Island says the track has become its most democratic free download ever, though there ar limited comparisons available, as U.K. labels do not routinely issue data from such digital promotions. Coldplay's giveaway caterpillar tread "Violet Hill" was downloaded 2 million times in the workweek after April 29, according to EMI.
"Spiralling" has straightaway been withdrawn as a free download from KeaneMusic.com and is available to purchase from digital stores. The song has entered the Nielsen Music Control U.K. Radio Airplay Chart at No. 34.
The track features on the band's new album, "Perfect Symmetry", which is released Oct. 13. The trio's third gear set is preceded by the right first single, "The Lovers Are Losing."
Thursday, 7 August 2008
Amy Winehouse Taken to E.R. After Rx Reaction
Amy Winehouse's health is, once over again, in doctors' hands.
The troubled chanteuse was rushed to a London hospital Monday night after suffering an adverse response to medicament, E! News has confirmed.
"Please be advised that Amy Winehouse suffered a reaction to medicament at menage this evening and was taken to the hospital," the singer's rep, Tracey Miller, aforesaid. "Doctors have advised that she will be unbroken under observance overnight and is likely to be released tomorrow."
Winehouse was reportedly admitted to University College Hospital in Bloomsbury.
Eyewitnesses outside the 24-year-old songbird's townhouse saw her being escorted from the premises in a wheelchair, according to SplashNewsOnline, which first reported the modish twist in Winehouse's physical-stature saga.
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Monday, 23 June 2008
BET Announces Marketing Partnerships With a Host of Sponsors for the 'Hottest Ticket on Television' - The BET AWARDS 2008
Advertising and Promotional Partners Include Dodge, Procter & Gamble,
Target, CIROC Vodka, Ford, Coors, Pepsi, Verizon Wireless and Akademiks
NEW YORK, June 23 -- In support of this year's BET AWARDS,
BET has announced unique marketing partnerships with several high-profile
sponsors, including Dodge, Procter & Gamble, Target, CIROC Vodka, Ford,
Coors, Pepsi, Verizon Wireless and street wear clothing brand Akademiks. In
addition to being integrated into various elements of the show and its
ancillary events, each partner will be featured in advertising spots during
BET AWARDS '08, which will air live from Los Angeles' Shrine Auditorium on
Tuesday, June 24 at 8:00 p.m.*
(Logo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20080603/NETU049LOGO
http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20070716/BETNETWORKSLOGO )
Hosted by actor and comedian D.L. Hughley and tagged as "the hottest
ticket on television," BET AWARDS '08 will feature LIVE performances by
some of today's hottest artists, including Usher, Lil Wayne, Ne-Yo,
Rihanna, Keyshia Cole, Marvin Sapp, Nelly, Alicia Keys, Kanye West, Chris
Brown, and Young Jeezy. In addition, LL Cool J, Ice Cube, Terrence Howard,
Jennifer Hudson, Gabrielle Union, Mary Mary, Lauren London and Kevin Hart
have been added as presenters, and Jill Scott has been confirmed to perform
a special tribute to legendary R&B icon Al Green, who is receiving BET's
Lifetime Achievement Award. Quincy Jones, celebrated
producer/arranger/composer, is also being honored this year with BET's
prestigious Humanitarian Award.
"By teaming up with these companies in support of the most hotly
anticipated evening in Black entertainment, we're giving them the
opportunity to reach one of the largest diverse audiences in television
history," said Louis Carr, President of Media Sales, BET Networks. "It's
truly exciting for us to work with each of these advertising partners in
providing them with creative, compelling executions to promote their brands
in conjunction with the BET AWARDS."
"We're committed to weaving our sponsors' brands seamlessly into the
BET AWARDS '08 and all of the great events we have planned in support of
the big show," said Alvin Bowles, Senior Vice President, Integrated
Marketing, BET Networks. "With such a high-profile awards show and so many
prestigious advertising partners, it's a win-win situation in exposing our
brand and theirs to millions of passionate multicultural viewers."
In a recent multimedia engagement analysis of 5,000 African-American
adults, Simmons Market Research Bureau found that BET viewers are 21% more
ad receptive when they watch ads on BET, and 31% more ad receptive when
they see ads on BET.com, versus other networks and sites.
In the days and weeks leading up to the show, as well as during the
event itself, a number of sponsors will be integrated into various elements
and ancillary events for BET AWARDS '08. The following has more details on
each partnership:
-- Dodge
- Sponsoring the BET AWARDS '08 Red Carpet Event, featuring the
All-New 2009 Dodge Journey and the All-New 2009 Dodge Challenger.
- Also co-sponsoring the BET Networks Celebrity Billiards Tournament
-- Donating a 2009 Dodge Journey and custom artwork by artist Jerry
Prettyman to designated charity of the tournament's winner.
-- Procter & Gamble
- Sponsoring the My Black Is Beautiful Beauty Suite backstage before
the BET AWARDS '08
-- Celebrities can get lite hair, make-up and skin analysis
- Also hosting a My Black Is Beautiful Awards beauty microsite and
poll on BET.com that will have users vote on celebrities with most
beautiful smile, beautiful hair, and beautiful face
-- Winners of poll will be announced during BET AWARDS '08
- Also co-sponsoring a dinner on Monday, June 23, the evening before
BET AWARDS '08, and hosted by Debra Lee, Chairman and Chief
Executive Officer of BET Networks
-- Target:
- Co-sponsoring a dinner on Monday, June 23, the evening before BET
AWARDS '08, and hosted by Debra Lee, Chairman and Chief Executive
Officer of BET Networks
- Sponsoring the TARGETCAM element of the pre-show, highlighting
celebrity arrivals on the Red Carpet
-- CIROC Vodka
- Official Spirits sponsor of the BET AWARDS '08
-- Sponsor of LIVE BET AWARDS '08 Post-show
-- Co-sponsor of BET AWARDS '08 after-party
-- Lincoln/Ford:
- Post-show integration
-- Danelle and Toure of BET's THE BLACK CARPET will be seen using a
2008 Lincoln Navigator, as they head to the BET AWARDS '08
after-party at the end of the show.
-- The All-New distinctive 2009 Ford Flex will provide special
"concierge car service" to BET talent and other celebrities.
-- BET AWARDS '08 after-party co-sponsor
-- Coors Brewing Company/Coors Light:
- Co-sponsoring the BET Networks Celebrity Billiards Tournament on
Saturday, June 21 in Hollywood
-- 32 celebrity contestants will participate in this new event, with
the real winner of the night being the charity of the winning
celebrity's choice, which will receive a vehicle and custom
artwork.
-- Pepsi:
- DJs from Pepsi's DJ Division are hosting customized vignettes
profiling four BET AWARDS '08 nominees. The vignettes were produced
by BET and are airing on the channel during the month of June.
-- As a sponsor of the BET AWARDS '08 Web site, Pepsi is providing
exclusive content from their DJ Division and presenting the Pepsi
"Month in the Mix" Sweepstakes offering the chance for a BET.com
site visitor to win a trip to attend a Missy Elliott concert this
October.
-- Verizon Wireless:
- Sponsoring Viewers' Choice Award Poll, driven by BET.com
- Creating "My First BET Awards," a special show to premiere first
online and then on-air, which will follow BET Awards nominee Flo
Rida, as he attends the show for the first time.
-- Akademiks:
- Confirmed to style the BALDWIN HILLS cast for the BET AWARDS '08
-- Akademiks will be designing clothes to fit each cast member's
style, as each cast member will have input on the design of the
clothes they will be wearing on the Red Carpet.
- Co-producing the Oasis Spa Lounge on Sunday, June 22 and Monday,
June 23
-- BET AWARDS '08 presenters and nominees will be treated to a day
of luxury with massages, manicures and pedicures.
Visit BET.com for BET On Blast video highlights, photos and continuous
BET AWARDS '08 updates at http://www.bet.com/betawards.
*All times ET/PT
About BET Networks
BET Networks, a division of Viacom Inc. (NYSE: VIA, VIA.B), is the
nation's leading provider of quality entertainment, music, news and public
affairs television programming for the African-American audience. The
primary BET channel reaches more than 87 million households according to
Nielsen Media Research, and can be seen in the U.S., Canada and the
Caribbean. BET is the dominant African-American consumer brand with a
diverse group of business extensions: BET.com, a leading internet
destination for Black entertainment, music, culture, and news; BET Digital
Networks - BET J, BET Gospel and BET Hip Hop, attractive alternatives for
cutting-edge entertainment tastes; BET Event Productions, a full-scale
event management and production company; BET Home Entertainment, a
collection of BET-branded offerings for the home environment including DVDs
and video-on-demand; BET Mobile, which provides ringtones, games and video
content for wireless devices; and BET International, an extension of BET
network programming for global distribution.
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Target, CIROC Vodka, Ford, Coors, Pepsi, Verizon Wireless and Akademiks
NEW YORK, June 23 -- In support of this year's BET AWARDS,
BET has announced unique marketing partnerships with several high-profile
sponsors, including Dodge, Procter & Gamble, Target, CIROC Vodka, Ford,
Coors, Pepsi, Verizon Wireless and street wear clothing brand Akademiks. In
addition to being integrated into various elements of the show and its
ancillary events, each partner will be featured in advertising spots during
BET AWARDS '08, which will air live from Los Angeles' Shrine Auditorium on
Tuesday, June 24 at 8:00 p.m.*
(Logo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20080603/NETU049LOGO
http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20070716/BETNETWORKSLOGO )
Hosted by actor and comedian D.L. Hughley and tagged as "the hottest
ticket on television," BET AWARDS '08 will feature LIVE performances by
some of today's hottest artists, including Usher, Lil Wayne, Ne-Yo,
Rihanna, Keyshia Cole, Marvin Sapp, Nelly, Alicia Keys, Kanye West, Chris
Brown, and Young Jeezy. In addition, LL Cool J, Ice Cube, Terrence Howard,
Jennifer Hudson, Gabrielle Union, Mary Mary, Lauren London and Kevin Hart
have been added as presenters, and Jill Scott has been confirmed to perform
a special tribute to legendary R&B icon Al Green, who is receiving BET's
Lifetime Achievement Award. Quincy Jones, celebrated
producer/arranger/composer, is also being honored this year with BET's
prestigious Humanitarian Award.
"By teaming up with these companies in support of the most hotly
anticipated evening in Black entertainment, we're giving them the
opportunity to reach one of the largest diverse audiences in television
history," said Louis Carr, President of Media Sales, BET Networks. "It's
truly exciting for us to work with each of these advertising partners in
providing them with creative, compelling executions to promote their brands
in conjunction with the BET AWARDS."
"We're committed to weaving our sponsors' brands seamlessly into the
BET AWARDS '08 and all of the great events we have planned in support of
the big show," said Alvin Bowles, Senior Vice President, Integrated
Marketing, BET Networks. "With such a high-profile awards show and so many
prestigious advertising partners, it's a win-win situation in exposing our
brand and theirs to millions of passionate multicultural viewers."
In a recent multimedia engagement analysis of 5,000 African-American
adults, Simmons Market Research Bureau found that BET viewers are 21% more
ad receptive when they watch ads on BET, and 31% more ad receptive when
they see ads on BET.com, versus other networks and sites.
In the days and weeks leading up to the show, as well as during the
event itself, a number of sponsors will be integrated into various elements
and ancillary events for BET AWARDS '08. The following has more details on
each partnership:
-- Dodge
- Sponsoring the BET AWARDS '08 Red Carpet Event, featuring the
All-New 2009 Dodge Journey and the All-New 2009 Dodge Challenger.
- Also co-sponsoring the BET Networks Celebrity Billiards Tournament
-- Donating a 2009 Dodge Journey and custom artwork by artist Jerry
Prettyman to designated charity of the tournament's winner.
-- Procter & Gamble
- Sponsoring the My Black Is Beautiful Beauty Suite backstage before
the BET AWARDS '08
-- Celebrities can get lite hair, make-up and skin analysis
- Also hosting a My Black Is Beautiful Awards beauty microsite and
poll on BET.com that will have users vote on celebrities with most
beautiful smile, beautiful hair, and beautiful face
-- Winners of poll will be announced during BET AWARDS '08
- Also co-sponsoring a dinner on Monday, June 23, the evening before
BET AWARDS '08, and hosted by Debra Lee, Chairman and Chief
Executive Officer of BET Networks
-- Target:
- Co-sponsoring a dinner on Monday, June 23, the evening before BET
AWARDS '08, and hosted by Debra Lee, Chairman and Chief Executive
Officer of BET Networks
- Sponsoring the TARGETCAM element of the pre-show, highlighting
celebrity arrivals on the Red Carpet
-- CIROC Vodka
- Official Spirits sponsor of the BET AWARDS '08
-- Sponsor of LIVE BET AWARDS '08 Post-show
-- Co-sponsor of BET AWARDS '08 after-party
-- Lincoln/Ford:
- Post-show integration
-- Danelle and Toure of BET's THE BLACK CARPET will be seen using a
2008 Lincoln Navigator, as they head to the BET AWARDS '08
after-party at the end of the show.
-- The All-New distinctive 2009 Ford Flex will provide special
"concierge car service" to BET talent and other celebrities.
-- BET AWARDS '08 after-party co-sponsor
-- Coors Brewing Company/Coors Light:
- Co-sponsoring the BET Networks Celebrity Billiards Tournament on
Saturday, June 21 in Hollywood
-- 32 celebrity contestants will participate in this new event, with
the real winner of the night being the charity of the winning
celebrity's choice, which will receive a vehicle and custom
artwork.
-- Pepsi:
- DJs from Pepsi's DJ Division are hosting customized vignettes
profiling four BET AWARDS '08 nominees. The vignettes were produced
by BET and are airing on the channel during the month of June.
-- As a sponsor of the BET AWARDS '08 Web site, Pepsi is providing
exclusive content from their DJ Division and presenting the Pepsi
"Month in the Mix" Sweepstakes offering the chance for a BET.com
site visitor to win a trip to attend a Missy Elliott concert this
October.
-- Verizon Wireless:
- Sponsoring Viewers' Choice Award Poll, driven by BET.com
- Creating "My First BET Awards," a special show to premiere first
online and then on-air, which will follow BET Awards nominee Flo
Rida, as he attends the show for the first time.
-- Akademiks:
- Confirmed to style the BALDWIN HILLS cast for the BET AWARDS '08
-- Akademiks will be designing clothes to fit each cast member's
style, as each cast member will have input on the design of the
clothes they will be wearing on the Red Carpet.
- Co-producing the Oasis Spa Lounge on Sunday, June 22 and Monday,
June 23
-- BET AWARDS '08 presenters and nominees will be treated to a day
of luxury with massages, manicures and pedicures.
Visit BET.com for BET On Blast video highlights, photos and continuous
BET AWARDS '08 updates at http://www.bet.com/betawards.
*All times ET/PT
About BET Networks
BET Networks, a division of Viacom Inc. (NYSE: VIA, VIA.B), is the
nation's leading provider of quality entertainment, music, news and public
affairs television programming for the African-American audience. The
primary BET channel reaches more than 87 million households according to
Nielsen Media Research, and can be seen in the U.S., Canada and the
Caribbean. BET is the dominant African-American consumer brand with a
diverse group of business extensions: BET.com, a leading internet
destination for Black entertainment, music, culture, and news; BET Digital
Networks - BET J, BET Gospel and BET Hip Hop, attractive alternatives for
cutting-edge entertainment tastes; BET Event Productions, a full-scale
event management and production company; BET Home Entertainment, a
collection of BET-branded offerings for the home environment including DVDs
and video-on-demand; BET Mobile, which provides ringtones, games and video
content for wireless devices; and BET International, an extension of BET
network programming for global distribution.
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Monday, 16 June 2008
Britney Spears to go head to head with Whitney Houston in album charts
Britney Spears is set to go head to head with Whitney Houston in the Christmas album charts after impressing label bosses with demos from recent studio work.
Spears’ last album, Blackout, received a lukewarm response; and bosses at her record company feared the troubled singer had blown it.
But now, the 26-year-old is being lined-up to “thrash” pop’s ultimate fallen diva with a new album which is reportedly due for release later this year.
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Thursday, 12 June 2008
�Hunger� first course for Cannes sidebar
Tells story of IRA activist Bobby Sands
CANNES -- This year's Un Certain Regard sidebar is set to get off to a visceral and controversial start with the unspooling of Steve McQueen's "Hunger," giving festivalgoers an early punch in the guts.
The no-holds-barred movie details the story of Bobby Sands, an Irish Republican Army activist who was voted onto the U.K. Parliament whilst on hunger strike in prison for the possession of firearms in 1981. He subsequently starved himself to death.
It is bound to court controversy and will likely attract a large amount of coverage from the international press, and is already attracting buzz among industryites because it marks the big-screen debut for Turner Prize-winning artist McQueen.
Film 4, the movie arm of U.K. broadcaster Channel 4, developed and majority-funded McQueen's movie and will be hoping it scoops the Camera d'Or for the debut director.
"As a piece of cinema it is very different and so far it appears to be extremely powerful for people as a cinematic experience," producer Laura Hastings-Smith said. "I think a lot of thought has gone into this project and it is an interpretation of what went on. But I think we all feel (as filmmakers) that it is a film we can speak up for and stand behind."
She said producing the movie with a first-time helmer more accustomed to winning prizes for his paintings than wielding a film camera was a refreshing change.
"It was a learning curve, but Steve was very upfront about that. He sat down with the actors and said 'I've never done this before' and it was incredibly disarming. As Steve says, 'If you are honest with people, then they will help and make things better,' " Hastings-Smith said.
Other high points in the eclectic sidebar are likely to come from veteran Raymond Depardon's documentary "La Vie Moderne" (The Modern Life), which portrays peasant farming life in contemporary France, and James Toback's documentary about the notorious bad boy of boxing "Tyson," featuring extensive archival fight footage and interview with Iron Mike.
Thomas Clay's Bangkok-set "Soi Cowboy" -- about a fat, white Viagra-popping man embroiled in a sexual relationship with a young Thai prostitute looking for a way out of the red light district -- will likely set chins wagging, while Andreas Dresen's sex-after-60 drama "Wolke 9" (Cloud 9) could provide industry pillow talk.
Also attracting anticipatory buzz is Kiyoshi Kurosawa's slice of Japanese family life "Tokyo Sonata," about a family full of secrets, and Amat Escalante's "Los Bastardos," which details the story of two young illegal Mexican workers in an unnamed U.S. city who are hired by a man to murder his wife.
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