MUSIC/ GOULDING TOPS BBC SOUND OF 2010 LIST: Singer-songwriter Ellie Goulding has come out on top of the BBC Sound of 2010 list, which showcases the best rising music stars for the coming year. Born in Hereford, the 22-year-old's "folktronica" sound mixes a traditional acoustic approach with a more cutting-edge electronic style. Goulding has also received the Brit Awards' Critics' Choice prize and said she was "absolutely honoured" to be at the top of the Sound of 2010 list. Theatrical pop singer Marina and the Diamonds is at #2, followed by Manchester trio Delphic, who mix indie guitars with euphoric electronica, at #3. Hurts is at #4 followed by The Drums at #5. The Sound of 2010 list was compiled using tips from 165 key music critics, broadcasters and bloggers. Previous winners include Little Boots, Adele, Mika and Corinne Bailey Rae. Florence and the Machine and La Roux were on the Sound of 2009 list 12 months ago, while Duffy and The Ting Tings featured the previous year. (SK COMMENT: This is truly one list you want to be on. Just being in the top 15 longlist brings exposure and radio play, while those that make the top 5 almost always make impact on the charts both in the UK and around the world. Thus, these 5 artists are definately ones to watch in the coming year).
Hot on the heels of the smash hit "Avatar," James Cameron has bought the film rights to "The Last Train From Hiroshima: The Survivors Look Back," a non-fiction book by Charles Pellegrino which is due to be published in the US on January 19. Hollywood pundits are already speculating that the film-maker could be eyeing it as a potential directorial project for himself. In just 3 weeks on release, "Avatar" has become the 2nd highest grossing film of all time at the international box office and is closing in fast on Cameron's own record-holder, "Titanic".
(SK COMMENT: This book has huge buzz, with many talking about the emotional wallop that the book produces. I am looking forward to getting my copy).
THEATRE/ TONY WINNER BUTZ JOINS "ENRON": Tony Award winner Norbert Leo Butz will play disgraced corporate executive Jeffrey Skilling in the Broadway production of Lucy Prebble's "Enron". The show uses dance, music, video and movement to tell the true story. First seen in the UK, where critics embraced it, "Enron" is the highly theatrical, music-infused new play about the 2001 collapse of the American energy corporation. Butz will play Skilling, the former president who was convicted of felonies related to the Houston-based Enron's demise. "Enron" begins performances at the Broadhurst Theatre on April 8. Opening is April 27. Butz won his Best Actor Tony Award (and a Drama Desk Award) for playing frisky, lowbrow con-man Freddy in "Dirty Rotten Scoundrels". He was also Tony-nominated as Best Featured Actor for his turn in "Thou Shalt Not." and has appeared on Broadway in many other shows, including "Wicked".
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