Jamie Foxx as a mentally ill musician takes to the streets of Los Angeles in "The Soloist." He's not performing for the public. If he has an audience in mind at all, it's the German composer -- he's placed himself in ...Read More
Pianist Art Ferrante, who teamed with Lou Teicher to record a series of 1960s easy-listening hits based on movie theme songs, has died at his South Florida home. He was 88. The duo's longtime manager, Scott W. Smith, said Monday that ...Read More
LONGBOAT KEY, Fla.—Famed 1960s-era movie pianist Art Ferrante has died at his Florida home at age 88. Ferrante's longtime manager says he died Saturday of natural causes in Longboat Key, about 60 miles south of Tampa. Along with partner Lou Teicher, ...Read More
In 1978, an unknown, soft-spoken, 21-year-old Polish pianist appeared as soloist with the Los Angeles Philharmonic for its newly appointed music director, Carlo Maria Giulini, in the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion. The performances of Chopin’s two piano concertos were recorded by Deutsche ...Read More
The Box-Office Top Five #1 "Obsessed" ($28.5 million) #2 "17 Again" ($11.7 million) #3 "Fighting" ($11.4 million) #4 "The Soloist" ($9.7 million) #5 "Earth" ($8.6 million) This weekend proved you should never underestimate Beyoncé's ability to draw a crowd. The stalker thriller "Obsessed" took the #1 ...Read More
Obsessed is released in the UK on 29 May Stalking thriller Obsessed, starring Beyonce Knowles and Idris Elba, has topped the North American box office, according to early weekend figures. The film, which tells the story of a couple whose marriage ...Read More
Social dramas are usually low on the Hollywood pitch list, but “The Soloist” was a story that went from one newspaper column to a series of columns, to a book, and finally to a movie that was released Friday, which ...Read More
In the credits of " The Soloist," Sean Daly is identified as the "hand of Nathaniel Ayers." Played by Jamie Foxx in the film, the character of Ayers is based on the homeless schizophrenic musician who inspired a series of columns ...Read More
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Feature film "The Soloist" opened Friday with a story of music, schizophrenia and homelessness that newspaper columnist Steve Lopez witnessed firsthand after seeing virtuoso Nathaniel Ayers play a two string violin on the street. Lopez's series of ...Read More
Back when he was filming "The Soloist" last spring, Robert Downey Jr. felt poised for something big. "Iron Man" and "Tropic Thunder" were about to be released. Buzz was building about career resurrection and massive box office potential. But now he ...Read More
"The Soloist" is a duet for homeless street musician and crusading columnist. Another way to put it: The film showcases a 102-piece orchestra, in which a yearning solo cello struggles, mightily, to be heard amid 101 Hollywood strings of schmaltz. You ...Read More
A “Saturday Night Live” skit in the making, “The Soloist” mashes up “Rain Man,” “Shine,” “Ray” and a smoked ham named Jamie Foxx. Best Actor Academy Award-winner for “Ray” (2004), Foxx plays a Los Angeles street person who was once a ...Read More
It's impossible not to be moved by "The Soloist," starring Robert Downey Jr. and Jamie Foxx. The true story of a newspaper columnist and his friendship with a schizophrenic street musician in Los Angeles, the film is suffused with heartbreak ...Read More
The cello's evocative, often melancholy sound envelops The Soloist, highlighting the poignant appeal of this heartfelt film. It also is the instrument that the movie's title character began playing with fervor as a child. Its strains ideally capture the mournful tale ...Read More
Remember when Lloyd Bentsen told Dan Quayle, "I knew Jack Kennedy. . . . Senator, you're no Jack Kennedy"? Well, I felt a little that way when it came to reviewing " The Soloist." I could back up and write all ...Read More
