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Actors William H. Macy, Patricia Neal and Vincent D'Onofrio will join musicians Béla Fleck, Lyle Lovett and members of the famed Wrecking Crew at this year's Nashville Film Festival, taking place April 17-24 at Regal Green Hills Cinemas. The complete lineup of films, panels, workshops and events, available now at nashvillefilmfestival.org, includes several World Premieres, favorites from the recent Sundance and SXSW film festivals, panels by actors-turned-filmmakers, film critics and music supervisors, and enough parties and VIP receptions to keep filmgoers celebrating for the festival's entire eight-day run. Tickets go onsale online on Friday, April 4, 2008. Nashville, Tennessee (PRWEB) April 4, 2008 -- Actors William H. Macy, Patricia Neal and Vincent D'Onofrio will join musicians Béla Fleck, Lyle Lovett and members of the famed Wrecking Crew at this year's Nashville Film Festival, taking place April 17-24 at Regal Green Hills Cinemas. The complete lineup of films, panels, workshops and events, available now at nashvillefilmfestival.org, includes several World Premieres, favorites from the recent Sundance and SXSW film festivals, panels by actors-turned-filmmakers, film critics and music supervisors, and enough parties and VIP receptions to keep filmgoers celebrating for the festival's entire eight-day run. Tickets go onsale online on Friday, April 4, 2008. The festival kicks off on Thursday, April 17, with Sundance favorite THE DEAL, starring Macy, Meg Ryan, L.L. Cool J, and Jason Ritter. Macy, along with director Steven Schachter, will attend the theatre screening and opening night party at BMI's Nashville headquarters on Music Row. World Premieres this year include BEARING LIGHT: A JOURNEY TO SUDAN, a new documentary by "Big Kenny" Alphin of Big & Rich, that follows the journey of Alphin and others as they join members of the organization My Sister's Keeper in support of a campaign to build a school for the girls of Akon Village, Sudan. Also World Premiering are CORNERED (Eric Drath, USA), a documentary investigating the brutal assault of Nashville boxer Irish Billy Collins by opponent Luis Resto in a 1983 match at Madison Square Garden, BUNNYLAND (Brett Hanover, USA) and PROPHETS RISING (Jane Pittman and Loree Gold, USA). |
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(PRWEB) February 15, 2008 -- Choosing to pursue a career in Nashville over accepting any one of several college baseball scholarships right out of high school, Sammy Sadler (www.sammysadler.com )was a rising country music star on top of the world at the age of 21. Signed to Evergreen Records, he was riding high in 1989 with a total of six charting singles--including a memorable cover of Aaron Neville's "Tell It Like It Is"--and was in the process of recording his first full-length album.
Then, in a horrifying shooting tragedy that would become known around the world as the "Murder on Music Row," Sadler was seriously wounded and his friend Kevin Hughes killed. The case remained unsolved for 13 years but eventually, Hughes' associate at the famed industry publication Cashbox was convicted of murder.
While he became an unwitting footnote to the dark side of country music history, Sadler was determined not to let the incident dictate his future. Sadler never lost his desire to get back in the studio and become a recording artist--a dream he finally realized with the 2004 release of his debut album Hard On A Heart, which spawned three popular country singles including "I Know A Place" and "That Ole Gravel Road." |
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Country Music Soars into 2008 posting double digit gains for investors in publishing, music masters, and "indie" labels headed for IPO success in the future. USA Today's Waggoner says, "Spooked by the credit crisis, investors have yanked billions of dollars from stock and bond mutual funds since the mortgage meltdown began in August." "Investors are looking for a safe place to put their money. Country music is that safe place," according to MCA Universal producer/consultant Robert Metzgar. Hollywood, CA, Nashville, TN, and New York, NY (PRWEB) January 5, 2008 -- Country Music Soars into 2008 posting double digit gains for investors in publishing, music masters, and "indie" labels headed for IPO success in the future. With the credit crunch in full sway, investors have pulled their money from the most vulnerable categories of the stock market, according to USA Today's John Waggoner. Waggoner says, "Spooked by the credit crisis, investors have yanked billions of dollars from stock and bond mutual funds since the mortgage meltdown began in August." "Investors are looking for a safe place to put their money. Country music is that safe place," according to MCA Universal producer Robert Metzgar. Where can you invest your money, get a guarantee of all the principal back, plus interest that is 2 points above prime, paid dividends closely tied to the HSBC Direct online interest payments and make a percentage of the total income from copyrights that will earn money for up to 140 years? Those type of investments are only found in country music publishing companies with singer/songwriters who write their own original music and record product for sale in today's lucrative "indie" sales market. Production and video companies are experiencing the largest growth in country music's history. Several "indie" labels in Nashville will launch IPO's in the future with the help of major financial institutions in New York and Boston. |
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