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| Ex-Beatle McCartney cancels Japan tour over illness Posted: 19 May 2014 09:37 PM PDT The 71-year-old English pop veteran – one of two living members of the Beatles – had already cancelled planned performances at the National Stadium in Tokyo on Saturday and Sunday, after coming down with an unspecified virus. He "will regrettably have to cancel the remaining Japanese shows. Paul is still not feeling better and this cancellation is unavoidable," organiser Kyodo Tokyo said in a statement. A company spokeswoman said the music legend was "staying at a hotel in Tokyo and doctors are with him", but added that it was "unclear" if he would still perform at a South Korean tour scheduled for May 28. McCartney had planned to play a concert at another venue in Tokyo tomorrow and the last one in Osaka on Saturday as part of his "Out There" world tour. There were also plans for a Monday show to make up for the cancelled Saturday event. Among McCartney's dates in the Japanese capital was a show at the Nippon Budokan Hall, which would have marked his first return to the venue since appearing there with The Beatles in 1966. "I was really looking forward to playing in Japan again after we had such an amazing time here in November," McCartney was quoted as saying in the statement. "So, to cancel these shows as well as the National Stadium shows is hugely disappointing for me as well," he said. "I'd like to thank my Japanese fans for their love, messages of support and understanding. "I hope to see you all again soon. Love, Paul," he added. In an earlier tour of Japan in November last year, McCartney was seen singing 39 songs non-stop without retreating backstage. Major-selling newspaper the Asahi, citing people familiar with the situation, said McCartney's condition was improving but that he was still too unwell to perform on stage. Organisers said they were exploring "all possibilities" to reschedule the four-date Japan tour. The musician flew into Tokyo after a short rest at home in London following a strenuous South American tour. The Nippon Budokan Hall show had set aside 100 seats for those aged under 25 at 1,500 yen (RM47.54) each, the same price as they were 48 years ago. The rest of the tickets for the concert, originally scheduled for May 21, were priced at up to 100,000 yen. – AFP, May 20, 2014. |
| ‘Godfather’ cinematographer Gordon Willis dead at 82 Posted: 19 May 2014 08:24 PM PDT Willis died on Sunday in Falmouth, Massachusetts, funeral home Chapman Cole & Gleason confirmed. The cause of death was not immediately available. "This is a momentous loss," American Society of Cinematographers President Richard Crudo told Hollywood trade website Deadline. "He was one of the giants who absolutely changed the way movies looked." Willis received an honorary lifetime achievement Oscar in 2010 and was nominated for best cinematography Academy Awards for Allen's "Zelig" and "The Godfather: Part III." "He was a brilliant, irascible man, a one of a kind," "Godfather" director Francis Ford Coppola said in a statement. "A cinematic genius with a precise aesthetic. My favourite description was that 'He ice-skated on the film emulsion.' I learned a lot from him." Willis' work was credited with lending unique, often stunning imagery to a roster of films ranging from the romance "Manhattan" and lavish musical "Pennies From Heaven" to the Watergate thriller "All the President's Men." In thrillers such as Alan Pakula's "The Parallax View" and "Klute," for which Jane Fonda won her first Oscar, Willis's camera work evoked a dream-like, fugue state that critics credited with elevating the films to the status of classics. The Queens, New York-born Willis worked often with Coppola, Pakula and especially Allen, with whom he made eight films. "Gordy was a huge talent and one of the few people who truly lived up to all the hype about him," Allen said in a statement. Willis's films with Allen included the black-and-white "Manhattan," "Annie Hall," "The Purple Rose of Cairo," "Interiors," "Stardust Memories" and "Broadway Danny Rose." His credits in the 1990s included "Presumed Innocent," "Malice" and "The Devil's Own," the final film in a nearly three-decade career, which was also Pakula's last directorial effort. – Reuters, May 20, 2014. |
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