T Bone Burnett Articles
Chimpanzee, Elton John, Ayrton Senna, A Tribe Called Quest: PGA Documentary Nominations
Nim in James Marsh's documentary Project Nim The Producers Guild of America (PGA) announced last Dec. 2 the Documentary Theatrical Motion Picture nominees of 2011. The nominated films are: • BEATS, RHYMES & LIFE: THE TRAVELS OF A TRIBE CALLED QUEST directed by Michael Rapaport • BILL CUNNINGHAM NEW YORK directed by Richard Press • PROJECT NIM directed by James Marsh • SENNA directed by [...]
Best Original Song Winner Ryan Bingham's Oscar Acceptance Speech
Best Original Song: "The Weary Kind" from Crazy Heart. Composers T Bone Burnett and Ryan Bingham shared the award. Below is Bingham's 2010 Oscar acceptance speech: "Thank you so much. I'd like to thank my wife Anna, I love you more than rainbows, baby. My uncle Clay, my band, Jack Whigham, Scott Cooper, the cast of Crazy Heart, Jeff [Bridges] and Maggie [Gyllenhaal] and Colin [...]
Jeff Bridges, T Bone Burnett: Spirit Awards Photo
T Bone Burnett and Jeff Bridges won Spirit Awards at the 25th Spirit Awards ceremony held Saturday, March 5, in Los Angeles. Bridges won the Best Actor award for his performance as a down-and-out country singer who develops a romantic relationship with a younger woman played by Maggie Gyllenhaal. Both Bridges and Gyllenhaal are in the running for this year's Academy Awards. Bridges is the [...]
No Jeff Bridges, Marion Cotillard, Randy Newman: Oscar's Best Songs Not to Be Performed Onstage
Marion Cotillard won't sing Maury Yeston's "Take It All" fromNine, Jeff Bridges won't perform Ryan Bingham and T Bone Burnett's "The Weary Kind" from Crazy Heart, Randy Newman won't do a rendition of "Almost There" and "Down in New Orleans" from The Princess and the Frog, and Reinhardt Wagner and Frank Thomas won't stage "Loin de Paname" from Paris 36 at the 2010 Academy Awards [...]