Jeremy Renner will be in attendance at tonight's Dallas debut of The Hurt Locker, at the Magnolia at 7:30.Last night at the AMC NorthPark, where he accepted the AFI Dallas Star Award following a screening of Chinatown, the film's writer, Robert Towne, spoke of how films were once the place where audiences and filmmakers met to share their stories. In the 1930s and '40s, he said, those who made the movies and those who consumed them shared "a common bond, common values -- you know, give the under
The early outlook here on the Day Three of the 2009 Austin City Limits Music Festival isn't too bad. The sun has peeked out from behind the clouds here and there, and, for the time being, the rain has held off.
Forecasts appear to indicate more rain as the day continues, though, and, surely, that will only add the the muddy mess that Zilker Park's grounds have become--a true shame, too, since everyone was raving about the fresh, gold course-like grass on Friday's beautiful afternoon.
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The Dirty Projectors may have been around since 2002, but make no mistake: 2009 is the Brooklyn-based act's breakthrough year, thanks tot he success of the band's phenomenal earlier-this-year-released Bitte Orca, a true gem of a folktronipop of a record, riff with lush instrumentations and as impressive a colelction of vocal harmonies as one is likely to find on record all year--if not even longer.But, even so, going up against Passion Pit at the other end of the festival grounds, and with a
Photos by Patrick MichelsPassion Pit's passionate pit.With ACL wrapped up and the bands, festival-goers and fields at Zilker Park on their road to recovery, it's time for one last look at the bands that braved the mud on the festival's last day.First, for an overall recap of the best shots from the festival -- including some from our sister paper in Houston you haven't seen before -- check out these ACL slideshows with our best band shots and best crowd photos.
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