The Malaysian Insider :: Showbiz
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| ‘Amour’ and ‘Southern Wild’ hailed by ‘Time’ as best films of 2012 Posted: 08 Dec 2012 04:29 AM PST  Emmanuelle Riva in 'Amour' by Michael Haneka. — AFP-Relaxnews pic This year's Cannes Palme d'Or winner Amour, directed by Michael Haneke, succeeds The Artist as this year's best film. Time's editors also crowned Jean-Louis Trintignant and Emmanuelle Riva in the best performances category. The winner of the Cannes festival's Golden Camera, Beasts of the Southern Wild, ranks second in the best films category, while rising star Quvenzhané Wallis earned the second spot in the best performances rankings with her touching portrayal of Hushpuppy in the movie directed by Benh Zeitlin. Time's 2012 rankings have a Gallic flavour to them, with a strong showing by French actors. The Trintignant-Riva duo is joined in the rankings by Denis Lavant (sixth), who played several characters in Holy Motors by Leos Carax, while Vanessa Paradis earned the eigth spot for her performance in Café de Flore. Time did not forget to single out the worst films of 2012, led by Cloud Atlas by the Wachowski siblings and Tom Tykwer, and followed by epic Martian flop John Carter. — AFP-Relaxnews Top 10 movie performances of 2012 01. Jean-Louis Trintignant and Emmanuelle Riva as Georges and Anne in Amour 02. Quvenzhané Wallis as Hushpuppy in Beasts of the Southern Wild 03. Clarke Peters as Da Good Bishop Enoch Rouse in Red Hook Summer 04. Rachel Weisz as Hester Collyer in The Deep Blue Sea 05. Matthew McConaughey as Joe Cooperdans in Killer Joe 06. Denis Lavant in Holy Motors 07. Denzel Washington as Whip Whitaker in Flight 08. Vanessa Paradis as Jacqueline in Café de Flore 09. Tommy Lee Jones as Thaddeus Stevens in Lincoln 10. Jennifer Lawrence as Tiffany in Silver Linings Playbook Top 10 best movies of 2012 01. Amour 02. Beasts of the Southern Wild 03. Life of Pi 04. Anna Karenina 05. The Dark Knight Rises 06. Zero Dark Thirty 07. Dark Horse 08. Dragon 09. Frankenweenie 10. The Invisible War Top 10 worst movies of 2012 01. Cloud Atlas 02. John Carter 03. Hyde Park on Hudson 04. Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter 05. This Means War 06. The Lorax 07. Alex Cross 08. What to Expect When You're Expecting 09. The Odd Life of Timothy Green 10. One for the Money |
| Springsteen, Alabama Shakes top Rolling Stone’s 2012 best music Posted: 07 Dec 2012 11:39 PM PST LOS ANGELES, Dec 8 — Veteran rocker Bruce Springsteen and newcomer blues-rock band Alabama Shakes yesterday landed the top awards in Rolling Stone magazine's annual list of the year's best music, which featured many of next year's leading Grammy nominees.  The Boss turns out for President Barack Obama at an election campaign rally in Columbus, Ohio, November 5, 2012, on the eve of the presidential elections. — Reuters file pic Springsteen, 63, came in ahead of hip hop artist Frank Ocean's debut "Channel Orange" at No. 2 and former White Stripes frontman Jack White's debut solo effort, "Blunderbuss", at No. 3, in the annual list selected and compiled by Rolling Stone editors. Springsteen, Ocean and White all landed Grammy nods, which were announced earlier this week. The rest of the top 10 albums included Bob Dylan's "Tempest", Green Day's "¡Uno!", Neil Young and Crazy Horse's "Psychedelic Pill", Kendrick Lamar's "good kid, m.A.A.d city" and Fiona Apple's "The Idler Wheel is Wiser..." "Hold On" by newcomer blues-rockers Alabama Shakes was named the top song of the year, beating off popular tracks by Ocean, White, Springsteen, Dylan and Kanye West in the top 10. While both the albums and songs lists were dominated by rock and rap artists both old and new, country-pop star Taylor Swift was a surprising entry at No. 2 on the best songs list with her infectious chart-topping hit song "We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together". Rolling Stone described the song, which landed a Grammy nod for record of the year, "a perfect three-minute teen tantrum about country girls getting mad at high-strung indie boys". Pop-rockers Passion Pit's "Take a Walk", Ocean's "Thinkin Bout You" and Young and Crazy Horse's "Ramada Inn" rounded out the top five songs. Rolling Stone's full list of 2012's 50 best albums can be viewed here and the 50 best songs here. — Reuters |
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