Tag: Entertainment

A. Vivaldi: C Minor Recorder Concerto, RV441 | Bolette Roed & Arte Dei Suonatori

A. Vivaldi – recorder concerto in c minor (RV 441) Bolette Roed, recorder Arte dei Suonatori Live from Midsommerbarok Festival, June 2016 Credit: Bolette Roed – www.youtube.com/@boletteroed5394 Arte dei Suonatori – www.artedeisuonatori.pl …


Beethoven: Prometheus Overture | Maestro Thomas Ludwig, Ludwig Symphony Orchestra

Thomas Ludwig conducts the Ludwig Symphony Orchestra in Atlanta in a live performance of Beethoven’s Prometheus Overture on April 23, 2022. This opened a concert where Ludwig premiered his massive Symphony No. 6. There was only one read-through of the Beethoven the night before in rehearsal because of pressing time considerations. Credit: Thomas Ludwig –…


‘The Palm Beach Story’ From 1942: Discovering the Non-Code Era

Commentary If you’ve read any of my classic movie reviews here at The Epoch Times, you probably know that I focus on a particular 20-year period, 1934-1954. As I often explain, these two decades were Hollywood’s Golden Era because that was the Motion Picture Production Code’s heyday. The Code is a set of guidelines for…


Film Fans Discover Censored Scene in Iconic Film ‘The French Connection’

A censored version of 1971’s Oscar-winning The French Connection is now part of the Criterion Collection, reported fans of the film. The movie’s alteration, which appears about 10 minutes into the film, involves a racial slur in a scene between characters Jimmy “Popeye” Doyle played by Gene Hackman and Buddy “Cloudy” Russo played by veteran…


Rapper Behind Hit Song ‘Boycott Target’ Says He’s Long Been Censored From Social Media

Despite conservative rapper Forgiato Blow’s song Boycott Target topping the music charts in the wake of the retail chain’s promotion of gay pride-themed children’s apparel, the artist said he’s faced longtime censorship that has cost him millions in career earnings. Blow’s track landed number one on Apple’s iTunes charts last week above other songs from…


Beethoven Piano Concerto No. 4 | Sandro Nebieridze, Mirian Khukhunaishvili

NATIONAL YOUTH PALACE Beethoven, Piano Concerto No. 4 Sandro Nebieridze – Piano Mirian Khukhunaishvili – Conductor Tbilisi Youth Orchestra National Youth Palace Tbilisi, Georgia, Jan. 7, 2021 Credit: sandro nebieridze – www.youtube.com/@levanneb


Hollywood Actors Threaten to Walk out as Writers’ Strike Continues

Major movie studios, streaming services, and production companies face the threat of another strike this month after Hollywood actors—represented by the Screen Actors Guild – American Federation of Television and Radio Artists (SAG-AFTRA)—authorized a strike on June 5. As the writers’ union strike entered its sixth week, the actors’ union promised to walk out if negotiations…


Man Pleads Guilty to Helping 2 Others Accused in the Fatal Shooting of Rapper Young Dolph

MEMPHIS, Tenn.—A Tennessee man pleaded guilty Friday to helping two other men charged with fatally shooting rapper Young Dolph in a daytime ambush at a Memphis bakery. Jermarcus Johnson, 26, pleaded guilty to three counts of accessory after the fact. Judge Lee Coffee approved a plea deal with prosecutors, allowing him to avoid trial. Johnson…


More Than 2,000 Chinese Bloggers Interrogated Over 2 Months

China’s most recent cyberspace clean-up operation issued a report on May 27, detailing two months of targeting bloggers and other social media accounts. As part of the campaign, authorities interrogated 2,089 bloggers, closed 66,600 social media accounts, and deleted 1.41 million posts. Meanwhile, increasingly harsh censorship—reflected in the May 18 arrest of a popular stand-up comedian—has…


Ensemble de Clarinetes del RCSMM

ENSEMBLE DE CLARINETES DEL RCSMM Directed by: Pedro Rubio Tomas Luis de Victoria Auditorium Royal Conservatory of Music of Madrid March 22, 2022 PROGRAM Carlos de Ordonez (1734–1786) Overture (8 min) (Arr. P. Rubio) Johann Melchior Molter (1696–1765) Concerto No. 3 (1st mov. Moderato) (8 min) (Arr. S. Comesaña) Requinto: Miguel Piñero Felix Mendelssohn (1809–1847)…