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Kevin Spacey to sing in Washington concert Associated Press
NEW YORK — He has lied, cheated and killed, but “House of Cards” President Frank Underwood isn’t done yet. Next he’s going to sing. Two-time Academy Award winner Kevin Spacey will take time out from filming the third season of the Netflix hit series to show off his vocal talents at a one-night-only gala concert Sept. 29 at the Shakespeare Theatre in Washington, D.C. The concert will benefit scholarships and grants for emerging artists. Spacey, who played singer Bobby Darin in “Beyond the Sea,” promises some Billy Joel songs, some Simon & Garfunkel, a bit of Sinatra, plenty of swing, a few stories and a surprise guest or two, all backed by a 40-piece orchestra. “You never know what I might come up with,” he said. Tickets, still available, are $104. Proceeds from the show will help fund the Kevin Spacey Foundation, which recently chose Pace University in New York to be the first institution of higher education in the United States to receive its scholarships and funding support.
Five incoming Pace students who received the first U.S. scholarships will start this fall and 10 others will receive funds to support travel expenses to perform abroad. Spacey’s foundation, with $500,000 in scholarships and $200,000 in grants, also helps students at Regent’s University London. “We’re hoping to expand these scholarships in lots of universities and drama schools around the country. Our intention is to continue to grow and expand our reach,” Spacey said. “In large measure it’s because I’m a recipient of these kinds of things.”
Spacey, who won Oscars for the movies “The Usual Suspects” and “American Beauty,” was also the star of “Pay It Forward,” and the Juilliard-trained actor said he remembers as a middle-class student struggling to pay tuition. “I was on a couple of scholarships. I had a job in the school administrative office. I had a job as a hat-check boy in a restaurant. I had another job as an assistant to a casting director. It took a lot to get myself enough money to put myself through Juilliard,” he said. “I know how difficult it can be. I know what this means to young students who are trying to get training.” Kevin Spacey, left, and Ashleigh Banfield arrive at the 66th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards at the Nokia Theatre L.A. Live on Monday, Aug. 25, 2014, in Los Angeles.
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President Yudhoyono, UN Chief hold bilateral meeting
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NUSA DUA - President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono and United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon held a bilateral meeting on Thursday. The meeting, which commenced at 10 a.m. local time, took place at a five-star hotel at Nusa Dua resort
on the sidelines of the 6th Global Forum of the United Nations Alliance of Civilization (UNAOC).
Presidential Special Staff for International Relations Teuku Faizasyah noted that during the meeting, the Indonesian head of state and UN chief will discuss, among other things, the continuation of the UNAOC forum themed “Unity in Diversity” and the developments related to regional and global issues.
“Yudhoyono and Ki-moon meeting this time is unique because they will discuss things related to unity in diversity,” Faizasyah remarked. He noted that in the national framework, Indonesia became a role model in the development of unity in diversity. Besides the bilateral meeting
with the UN chief, President Yudhoyono is also scheduled to receive an honorary visit by Iyad Ameen Madani, the secretary general of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC), UNESCO Director General Irina Bokova, and Australian Foreign Minister Julie Bishop.
Venice fest opens with superhero film
Batman or Birdman? Agence France-Presse
VENICE - The Venice film festival opened with a bang on Wednesday with a brilliant superhero dark comedy that delves into the cinema and theatre worlds to explore the drug that is fame. The first flick to compete at the world’s oldest film festival, Mexican director Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu’s “Birdman or the Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance”, stars Michael Keaton of “Beetlejuice” and “Batman” fame.
In one of 20 films vying for the coveted Golden Lion award, Keaton plays a washed-up actor who was once famous for playing the “Birdman” superhero but is now struggling to stage a Broadway play in a bid to regain his former glory. For all his attempts to create a worthy on-stage performance, he finds it increasingly difficult to leave the “Birdman” character behind, hearing his rich, gravelly tones in his head, calling for a return to the big screen. The line between fiction and real-
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From left, actors Amy Ryan, Edward Norton, Emma Stone, director Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu, actors Michael Keaton and Andrea Riseborough pose for photographers during a photo call for Birdman at 71st edition of the Venice Film Festival in Venice, Italy, Wednesday, Aug. 27, 2014.
ity blurs as Keaton’s character Riggan struggles to keep his superpowers under control and allows his self-pity and arrogance to distract him from serious family and girlfriend problems. Unlike his Don Quixote-style character here, Keaton said he was not haunted by his “Batman” films -- but that everyone is by their own personal “Birdman”. “I love the idea of Birdman following you around. You all got a Birdman in your life, it’s your negative ego, so you either make peace with him or kick his arse or make him sit in the back seat, but you have to drive a car,” he said. The film pokes fun at both actors and critics, such as the tweed-wearing interviewer who references philosopher Roland Barthes, or one of the actresses who asks her co-star “Why don’t I have any self respect?”, to which the reply is: “Because you’re an actress, honey.” Crowd-pleaser Gonzalez Inarritu, best known for his films “21 Grams” and “Babel”, brought on board other superhero veterans for the movie, including Emma Stone from “The Amazing Spiderman” and Edward Norton, star of “The Incredible Hulk”. “After so many films, dramatic films that in a way has a lot of enfrijoladas, enchiladas, and spicy mexican chilli, I wanted a little dessert!” Gonzalez Inarritu told a press conference on Venice’s Lido island.
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President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, right, talks with the United Nation Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon in Bali, Indonesia, Thursday, Aug. 28, 2014, a day before the United Nations Alliance of Civilization (UNAOC) meeting starts.