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New Music: Norah Jones's "Light as a Feather"
It's been seven years since Norah Jones burst onto the music scene with her debut album and mega-hit "Don't Know Why," and the talented chanteuse has continued to make beautiful, jazzy music (and one movie, which we'll just forget about) ever since.
Her latest album is The Fall, which comes out Nov. 17, and I'm already entranced by the soft, haunting "Light as a Feather."
Link Time! George Clooney Gets Behind A New TNT Show
- George Clooney is signing on to exec-produce Delta Blues (with an Elvis impersonator cop!) for TNT — TV Squad
- January Jones will star in the Nicolas Cage thriller The Hungry Rabbit Jumps — Coming Soon
- The Short Circuit remake gets a director — MTV Movies Blog
- Those DirectTV ads with Chris Farley and David Spade suffer some backlash — E! Online
- Kristin Davis talks the Sex and the City sequel — Hollywood Crush
- Lots of photos from this past weekend's CMJ Festival — Stereogum
- Weezer and Lil Wayne's collaboration "Can't Stop Partying" is pretty darn catchy — Idolator
- Check out this list of the best rock-'n'-roll movies — Rotten Tomatoes
- Author Augusten Burroughs is working on two new TV series, one for CBS and one for Showtime — Movieline
- Norah Jones plays a pirate in her new music video — HitFix
- Just in time for Halloween: The 5 scariest TV episodes ever — TV.com
- Plus, 10 girl-power inspired costumes (Bella Swan made the list!) — TresSugar
Hear What's on Natalie Portman's Playlist
I've always assumed Natalie Portman has good taste in music — simply because of her Shins-loving character in Garden State, I'm sure. But it turns out the actress really does know her stuff. Portman rounded up a pretty great set of collaborators for her new charity compilation, Big Change: Songs for FINCA, including M.
First Look: My Blueberry Nights
Not only does France have a definite release date for My Blueberry Nights, but there's also a full-length trailer for the film with French subtitles. So far, there's no U.S. release date scheduled.
Rewind: This Week's Buzz
- Don't forget: the 2007 Emmys are tomorrow! If you haven't cast your predictions for who will take home the awards this year, click here for the ballot. And while you're at it, click here for the official rules.
Link Time! 9/13
- Give Me My Remote is having a "Doogie Howser, MD" flashback.
- Popwatch's favorite Beatles cover of all time is the Breeders' version of "Happiness Is a Warm Gun." What's yours?
- Speaking of covers, I Guess I'm Floating is featuring a few good ones today, including ones by KT Tunstall and Norah Jones.
- The TV Addict has more details about Rachel Bilson's appearance on "Chuck."
- Best Week Ever has found the most unintentionally hilarious movie trailer of the year for a film called Eye of the Dolphin.
- YumSugar has the recipe for a "Flight of the Conchords"-inspired lasagna for one.
- You Ain't No Picasso creates an mp3 mix for "Californication."
- Cinematical has an interview with Mark Ruffalo regarding his role in the upcoming thriller Reservation Road.
- Buddy TV dissects the rumor that "Lost" could air on Mondays.
- Speaking of rumors, Office Tally hears there's a chance "The Office" will stream free online.
- The MTV Movie Blog asks an expert to examine the significance of crystal skulls, the puzzling subject of the fourth Indiana Jones title.
- TV Squad tells us about a whole bunch of new game shows about lying.
Song of the Day: Norah Jones Covers the Arcade Fire
Norah Jones bores me sometimes, and cover songs are often unimaginative, but this recording of Norah covering the Arcade Fire's "Ocean of Noise" (via The Music Slut) is neither boring nor unimaginative.
In this live version, from the Sopot International Song Competition in Poland, Jones's stunning voice adds a sad, ethereal quality to the already haunting song. Woven together with a bold bass and a twangy guitar, it's more sultry than jazzy and a departure from Jones's usual sound.
Song of the Day: Norah Jones, Herbie Hancock, "Court and Spark"
Get this: Legendary musician/composer Herbie Hancock is putting his jazzy spin on a whole bunch of songs, vocal and Instrumental, composed by or influential to Joni Mitchell. What's more, he's collaborating with various musicians on these songs, making for entirely new musical creations that still bear Mitchell's familiar sounds.
The album, titled River: The Joni Letters, will be released September 25 and features vocalists like Leonard Cohen, Tina Turner and Joni Mitchell herself.
Cannes Reviews: My Blueberry Nights
Since I'm not able to attend the Cannes Film Festival this year, I'm scouring the Web for reviews of movies that look the most interesting. First on my list: My Blueberry Nights, the first English-language film by director Wong Kar Wai which stars Norah Jones, Jude Law, Natalie Portman and Rachel Weisz.
Overwhelmingly, the critics' message is this: Wong Kar Wai is masterful at creating a visually evocative film, though the dialogue is lacking, thus making the performances feel empty and pointless.
Cannes Kicks Off With My Blueberry Nights
Today the Cannes Film Festival kicks off in France, and starting things off is Hong Kong director Wong Kar Wai's first English-language film, My Blueberry Nights. The movie is about a lovelorn road trip and stars Jude Law, Rachel Weisz, Natalie Portman and... Norah Jones?
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