Héres du documentaire à succès “Sugar man”, le chanteur folk américain se produira le 4 juin au Zénith de Paris, une date à la Cigale étant déjà complète !

C’est une des success stories les plus inattendues et réjouissantes du moment : Sixto Rodríguez, chanteur folk américain oublié, attire aujourd’hui les foules. Et si on on en parle sur AlloCiné, c’est parce qu’un documentaire récemment sorti en France a joué un rôle non négligeable dans ce retour en grâce. A l’affiche depuis le 26 décembre, Sugar Man revient sur le parcours étonnant de ce musicien, auteur dans les années 70 de deux albums qui ont fait l’objet d’un véritable culte en Afrique du Sud. Et alors que beaucoup le croyaient mort, deux fans parviennent à retrouver sa trace ! Vu dans l’Hexagone par 7000 spectateurs en une semaine dans seulement deux salles, ce film de Malik Bendjelloul vient de décrocher une nomination à l’Oscar du Meilleur documentaire. Et à 70 ans, Sixto Rodriguez connait un retour en grâce, tel un papy du Buena Vista Social Club : son concert prévu le 5 juin à la Cigale est déjà sold out, un autre vient donc d’être programmé au Zénith, le 4 juin. Attention, les places ne sont pas encore en vente…

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La mort brutale de Paul Walker le 30 novembre 2013, qui incarnait l’ex-flic infiltré Brian O’Conner dans Fast and Furious, a mis dans l’embarras Universal. Les studios ont dû complètement changer leurs plans. Ce qui leur a coûté beaucoup d’argent, près de 50 millions de dollars.

Après le décès au mois de novembre 2013 de l’acteur Paul Walker, la production de Fast and Furious 7 a dû bouleverser ses plans. Après une interruption de quelques mois, le tournage a repris en mars suite à la décision d’Universal de continuer, pensant que c’est que voulaient les fans et ce qu’aurait voulu Paul Walker. La date de sortie a même été repoussée à avril 2015, alors qu’elle été initialement prévue en juillet 2014.

Mais comment remplacer Paul Walker? Universal a choisi de ne pas refaire toutes les scènes déjà tournées par l’acteur disparu, mais de lui faire prendre sa retraite. Le scénariste Chris Morgan a donc été rappelé pour retoucher le script. Selon The Hollywood Reporter, les changements opérés suite au décès de Paul Walker ont été facturés à hauteur de 50 millions de dollars.

Bien sûr, cette somme n’est pas uniquement dû aux heures supplémentaires du scénariste. Chaque jour de report de tournage a coûté jusqu’à 250 000 dollars, et il a fallu recréer le personnage de Brian O’Conner, notamment dans la scène où il explique son départ à Dom, incarné par Vin Diesel, car les rushs non utilisés des précédents Fast and furious n’ont pas suffit àressusciter Paul Walker.

Le réalisateur James Wan a donc fait appel aux deux frères de Paul Walker, Cody et Caleb, respectivement 25 et 36 ans, et aux effets spéciaux. De quoi gonfler la facture! 50 millions dollars que les studios Universal n’auront pas à payer. C’est leur assurance qui doit prendre en charge ses dépenses exceptionnelles, véritable record dans l’histoire du cinéma hollywoodien. Pour savoir si le résultat sera à la hauteur des dépenses engagées, il va falloir attendre avril 2015.

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En février dernier, le Crédit Lyonnais dévoilait de nouvelles publicités mettant en scène Gad Elmaleh. Une nouvelle image qui n’avait attiré que les moqueries du public, tant les sketchs proposés étaient loin de l’exigence habituelle de l’humoriste. Le salaire qui l’a convaincu de participer à ce projet a été dévoilé cette semaine dans le magazine Capital.

« Je rêve d’une banque qui ne me prendra pas que pour un numéro », racontait Gad Elmaleh dans la dernière pub pour LCL. Le jeune papa en aura tout de même touché un joli, de numéro, pour ces spots télévisés : l’humoriste a empoché la modique somme de 450 000 euros pour participer à ce fiasco publicitaire.

Se mettant en scène comme pour l’un de ses spectacles, sans l’humour qui va habituellement avec, Gad Elmaleh a en effet commis une erreur auprès de son public, et les critiques ont fusé. Pourtant, il avait mis toutes les chances de son côté : d’après le magazine Capital, l’acteur et créateur de Coco et Chouchou s’était en effet installé trois jours au théâtre Bobino pour le tournage, devant 500 figurants. Il avait par ailleurs imposé Patrice Leconte derrière la caméra ; malheureusement, même le réalisateur des Bronzés n’a pu rendre drôle ce qui ne l’était pas.

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S’il n’a pas conquis le public, l’élégant Gad Elmaleh est tout de même ressorti de l’aventure en ayant perçu un salaire de 450 000 euros.Capital a par ailleurs dévoilé les sommes touchées par d’autres humoristes : Chevallier et Laspalès repartent chaque année avec 900 000 euros pour les publicités de la Matmut, Eric Judor a empoché 400 000 euros pour la campagne d’EDF, et Laurent Gerra, bientôt au cinéma pour la première fois, a récolté 200 000 euros pour sa participation aux spots d’Optic 2000.

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The granddaughter of fascist dictator Benito Mussolini, Alessandra Mussolini, called actor Jim Carrey “a bastard” on Sunday in response to a politically charged painting depicting her grandfather and his mistress Clara Petacci hanging upside down at their execution in 1945.

“You are a bastard,” said Alessandra Mussolini to Jim Carrey in a tweet on Sunday, reacting to what appeared to be another one of the actor’s politically charged paintings, which he posted to Twitter, along with the words, “If you’re wondering what fascism leads to, just ask Benito Mussolini and his mistress Claretta.”

Alessandra Mussolini, who is a former Italian actress, currently serves as a Member of the European Parliament. The dictator’s granddaughter had reportedly left the entertainment industry after a film producer asked her to change her last name.

“I think you’re confusing Jim Carrey with your murderous grandfather,” tweeted one individual in response to Alessandra Mussolini’s reaction to Carrey.

“Or maybe with some of your family …” retorted Alessandra Mussolini.

“Ma’am, your grandpa was a fascist and in league with Hitler. You’re not your grandpa, but when you try defending him… it’s a bad look,” reacted another user on Twitter.

Hours after Alessandra Mussolini’s initial tweet to Carrey, she proceeded to post a series of tweets including images concerning American history — such as a “mushroom cloud” created by an atomic bomb, Native Americans, and the historical unfair treatment of black people — tagging the actor in her tweets and requesting that he “draw that too.”

The dictator’s granddaughter getting caught up in a Twitterstorm over Carrey’s painting seemed to captivate users on social media.

“You know it’s 2019 when Jim Carrey paints a picture of Mussolini being hanged and Mussolini’s granddaughter replies calling Carrey a bastard,” said one Twitter user.

“Twitter is cool it’s a place you can see Benito Mussolini’s granddaughter get really mad at Jim Carrey for smearing her grandfather,” tweeted another.

Alessandra Mussolini, who has been known to defend her grandfather on multiple occasions, issued a “warning” via Twitter last October, stating that she would “monitor” and report to the police anyone who is caught posting “images and/or offensive phrases” involving her grandfather.

“Warning [those navigating social media]” said Mussolini, “[My] lawyers are at work to verify the ‘politically correct’ of [Facebook] and other social media regarding images and/or offensive phrases against Benito Mussolini: monitoring and denunciation [reporting] to the [State Police].”

Mussolini is not alone in her apparent support for advancing online censorship. Last year, the European Union voted in favor of aggressive new online copyright laws that critics say could lead to mass surveillance and strangle alternative media websites, as well as stifle satire and meme culture.

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CHICAGO (AP) — “Empire” actor Jussie Smollett turned himself in early Thursday to face accusations that he filed a false police report when he told authorities he was attacked in Chicago by two men who hurled racist and anti-gay slurs and looped a rope around his neck, police said.

Smollett turned himself in at central booking and was arrested, Chicago police spokesman Anthony Guglielmi said. Chicago police Superintendent Eddie Johnson was scheduled to hold a Thursday morning news conference, and Smollett was expected to appear in court later in the day. Police haven’t described a motive.

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The whispers about Smollett’s account started with reports that he had not fully cooperated with police after telling authorities he was attacked. Then detectives in a city bristling with surveillance cameras could not find video of the beating. Later, two brothers were taken into custody for questioning but were released after two days, with police saying they were no longer suspects.

Following three weeks of mounting suspicions, Smollett was charged Wednesday with felony disorder conduct, a charge that could bring up to three years in prison and force the actor, who is black and gay, to pay for the cost of the investigation into his report of a Jan. 29 beating.

In less than a month, the 36-year-old changed from being the seemingly sympathetic victim of a hate crime to being accused of fabricating the entire thing.

The felony charge emerged on the same day detectives and the two brothers testified before a grand jury. Smollett’s attorneys met with prosecutors and police, but it was unknown what they discussed or whether Smollett attended the meeting.

In a statement, attorneys Todd Pugh and Victor Henderson said Smollett “enjoys the presumption of innocence, particularly when there has been an investigation like this one where information, both true and false, has been repeatedly leaked.”

The announcement of the charges followed a flurry of activity in recent days, including lengthy police interviews of the brothers, a search of their home and their release after officers cleared them.

Investigators have not said what the brothers told detectives or what evidence detectives collected. But it became increasingly clear that serious questions had arisen about Smollett’s account — something police signaled Friday when they announced a “significant shift in the trajectory” of the probe after the brothers were freed.

Smollett, who plays a gay character on the hit Fox television show “Empire,” said he was attacked Jan. 29 as he was walking home from a downtown Subway sandwich shop. He said the masked men beat him, made derogatory comments and yelled “This is MAGA country” — an apparent reference to President Donald Trump’s campaign slogan, “Make America Great Again” — before fleeing.

Earlier Wednesday, Fox Entertainment and 20th Century Fox Television issued a statement saying Smollett “continues to be a consummate professional on set” and that his character is not being written off the show. The series is shot in Chicago and follows a black family as they navigate the ups and downs of the recording industry.

The studio’s statement followed reports that Smollett’s role was being slashed amid the police investigation.

After reviewing hundreds of hours of video, detectives did find and release images of two people they said they wanted to question and last week picked up the brothers at O’Hare International Airport as they returned from Nigeria. Police questioned the men and searched their apartment.

The brothers, who were identified by their attorney as Abimbola “Abel” and Olabinjo “Ola” Osundairo, were held for nearly 48 hours on suspicion of assaulting Smollett.

The day after they were released, police said the men provided information that had ”shifted the trajectory of the investigation,” and detectives requested another interview with Smollett.

Police said one of the men had worked on “Empire,” and Smollett’s attorneys said one of the men is the actor’s personal trainer, whom he hired to help get him physically ready for a music video. The actor released his debut album, “Sum of My Music,” last year.

Smollett was charged by prosecutors, not the grand jury. The police spokesman said the brothers appeared before the panel to “lock in their testimony.”

Speaking outside the courthouse where the grand jury met, the brothers’ attorney said the two men testified for about two and a half hours.

“There was a point where this story needed to be told, and they manned up and they said we’re going to correct this,” Gloria Schmidt said.

She said her clients did not care about a plea deal or immunity. “You don’t need immunity when you have the truth,” she said.

She also said her clients received money from Smollett, but she did not elaborate.

Smollett has been active in LBGTQ issues, and initial reports of the assault drew outrage and support for him on social media, including from Sen. Kamala Harris of California and TV talk show host Ellen DeGeneres.

Referring to a published account of the attack, President Donald Trump told reporters at the White House that “it doesn’t get worse, as far as I’m concerned.”

But several hours after Smollett was declared a suspect and the charges announced, there was little reaction from celebrities online.

Former Cook County prosecutor Andrew Weisberg said judges rarely throw defendants in prison for making false reports, opting instead to place them on probation, particularly if they have no prior criminal record.

Smollett has a record — one that concerns giving false information to police when he was pulled over on suspicion of driving under the influence. According to records, he was also charged with false impersonation and driving without a license. He later pleaded no contest to a reduced charge and took an alcohol education and treatment program.

Another prospective problem is the bill someone might receive after falsely reporting a crime that prompted a nearly monthlong investigation, including the collection and review of hundreds of hours of surveillance video.

The size of the tab is anyone’s guess, but given how much time the police have invested, the cost could be huge.

Weisberg recently represented a client who was charged with making a false report after surveillance video discredited her account of being robbed by three men at O’Hare Airport.

For an investigation that took a single day, his client had to split restitution of $8,400, Weisberg said. In Smollett’s case, “I can imagine that this would be easily into the hundreds of thousands of dollars.”

This was the week when the Brexit negotiators began to sweat.

It was, according to U.K. Brexit Secretary David Davis, speaking at the closing press conference of the talks, “quite a high stress” time.

We are now three rounds of negotiations into the process, with just two more to go before the milestone European Council summit at which EU leaders will gather in Brussels in October.

As the EU’s chief negotiator Michel Barnier has been at pains to point out, “time is flying.”

Barnier used his remarks at the press conference very deliberately to stoke that sense of urgency.

“With every passing day, we move closer to that date of departure,” that moment, he said with a flourish, that the U.K. leaves the EU “on the stroke of midnight” on March 29, 2019.

Barnier wants to turn the screw, and for obvious reasons. He made clear that as far as the EU is concerned, the fundamental British position has not moved far from where it was at the very start of this process, when EU leaders warned after the referendum that no “cherry-picking” would be allowed.

“The U.K. wants to take back control, it wants to adopt its own standards and regulations but it also wants to have these standards recognized automatically in the EU. That is what the U.K. papers ask for. This is simply impossible,” he said bluntly.

If the pressure is rising, so is the blood pressure. While Davis sought to portray a sense of bonhomie, smiling and joshing with Barnier in his trademark light-hearted style, some of the EU negotiator’s criticisms of the U.K. were far from good-humored.

On the Brexit bill, Barnier called on the U.K. to prove that it will meet not only its legal but its “moral” obligations to EU citizens — and citizens in third countries — waiting on development aid from Brussels, or loans from the EU. With the U.K. now beginning to elucidate its position, the two sides remain far, far apart on this key matter.

On citizens’ rights he chided the U.K. for the recent, erroneous Home Office delivery of letters warning of deportation to 100 EU citizens in the U.K. Something as basic as “trust,” he said, still needed to be built.

Incremental progress has been made in some less fundamental areas, but the takeaway from the week: Both sides are still talking past each other on the key issues.

This insight is from POLITICO‘s Brexit Files newsletter, a daily afternoon digest of the best coverage and analysis of Britain’s decision to leave the EU. Read today’s edition or subscribe here.

Despite disappointing reviews, director Tim Burton’s live-action Dumbo flew in at number one at the weekend’s box office, while Marvel’s Captain Marvel slipped another spot to third, and pro-life film Unplanned made a surprising splash that easily beat expectations.

Disney’s re-imagining of its 1941 animated classic soared to first place for its debut weekend despite the mediocre reviews. In fact, according to Box Office Mojo, the film beat several other recent films aimed at the family market and came in with a bigger box office take for the weekend than expected.

Dumbo looks to be coming in at the $52 million mark for its debut weekend outpacing the recent The Grinch animated feature, as well as 2015’s Cinderella, and Pete’s Dragon, Christopher Robin, and others.

Jordan Peele’s Us scared up the second spot from its first place debut last weekend but is still filling seats with a strong $40 million in additional earnings for weekend number two. It is estimated that the psychological horror film will top $135 in domestic sales by Monday morning.

Meanwhile, Marvel’s woke Captain Marvel slipped to third place for its third weekend at theaters dropping another 40 percent of its audience. But thus far it has earned a $938 million international box office take getting the film close to that vaunted billion-dollar mark.

In fourth place is CBS Films’ surprising Five Feet Apart, the young adult romantic drama that beat expectations for its debut last weekend. Fans did not keep their distance from the Cole Sprouse-starring film as it maintained its momentum to stick in the top five and earned another $6.5 million to bring its box office take to $36 million so far.

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Finally, Paramount’s Wonder Park took fifth place earning about $4.7 million adding to its total earnings of $38 million.

One surprise of the weekend was Pure Flix’s pro-life film, Unplanned, which brought in an estimated $2.96 million on opening day and may bring a total debut weekend cume of $7 million. Unplanned has easily topped the Pure Flix release of Gosnell last year which earned what was then an impressive $1.16 million for its opening day in less than 700 theaters.

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The third round of official Brexit talks left the two sides miles apart on the major issues. The U.K.’s Brexit Secretary David Davis described the talks as “high stress” but “productive,” while his EU counterpart Michel Barnier observed, “we haven’t noted any decisive progress on the principal subjects.”

But despite some major roadblocks, both men noted several areas in which progress was made.

Neither side has issued any official documents setting out the precise nature of any agreement, but here is POLITICO’s assessment of progress based on what both men had to say in the concluding press conference and briefings from EU officials and diplomats.

You can watch Barnier’s closing remarks here and Davis’ here.

1. CITIZENS’ RIGHTS

Definition/scope of rights

Davis said both sides agreed on the reciprocity of certain rights for EU citizens in the U.K. (and vice versa), including on the right to establish a mutual recognition of professional qualifications. But an EU official with knowledge of the talks said there was no precision on the personal scope of rights and how they will be enforced. “So who are the people covered? What rights are covered?” they asked.

State of play: Some agreement but needs clarification.

Health care and social security

Both sides said commitments were made on the need to protect pensions, existing health care rights and how to cover the future social security costs of EU citizens living in the U.K and U.K nationals living in EU countries. “That’s good news for example for British pensioners in the EU. It means that they will continue to have their health care arrangements protected,” said Davis.

State of play: Shared commitments. 

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Cross-border workers

People who live in one member country and work in another are protected from discrimination under EU law. Both sides said an agreement was underway but didn’t go into specifics.

State of play: In progress, but mood music is good.

EU health insurance card

The EHIC card is free to EU citizens and gives access to medically necessary, state-provided healthcare in EU countries plus Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway and Switzerland during a temporary stay. The EU agreed to extend the EHIC to British citizens living in the EU. But they refused to talk about extending it to EU citizens living in the U.K., saying that would be a future relationship issue. David Davis claimed it was “good news” for British pensioners.

State of play: No breakthrough.

Enforcement of rights

The EU and the U.K still have a fundamental disagreement on how the rights of EU citizens in the U.K. will be enforced. The EU says it should be done by the European Court of Justice, the U.K. says its own legal system is adequate. The EU, Barnier said, needs to “make sure that citizens’ rights are directly enforceable in front of national jurisdictions, under the control of the ECJ, on which we disagree today.” He added that there had been clarification on pending legal cases involving the U.K.

State of play: Some clarification but sharp disagreement remains.

2. FINANCIAL SETTLEMENT

Another point of fundamental disagreement. On Tuesday, the U.K. presented a detailed legal analysis picking apart the EU’s case for Britain’s Brexit bill. “The Commission has set out a position and we have a duty to our taxpayers to interrogate it rigorously,” said Davis, adding “It’s fair to say … we have a very different legal stance.”

It didn’t go down well.

Neither side “was in a capacity to find common grounds” in this area of negotiations, an EU official familiar with the talks said.

Davis reiterated that the U.K recognized they had “international obligations” and that some of their financial obligations would survive beyond their withdrawal. “We expected them to give more details on these obligations,” an EU official said — something the U.K. has so far refused to do.

State of play: Deadlock

3. IRELAND/NORTHERN IRELAND

Common Travel Area

The CTA is a free-travel zone between the Republic of Ireland, the U.K., the Isle of Man and the Channel Islands which dates from the 1920s. In its position paper on Northern Ireland, the U.K. said it “wants to continue to protect the CTA and associated reciprocal bilateral arrangements.” At the press conference, Barnier said there had been “genuine progress” on the issue as part of “fruitful” discussion on Northern Ireland. Davis agreed there was a “high degree of convergence.”

State of play: Progress, but EU wants more detail from the U.K.

Good Friday Agreement

The Good Friday Agreement, signed in 1998, created the democratically elected Northern Ireland Assembly, plus cross-border institutions, and underpins the peace process. The EU saw a recognition on the U.K side that “this is more complex than perhaps initially imagined because a lot of north-south cooperation on the island is built on the EU legal framework,” the EU official said. But the EU wants more detail from the U.K. on how exactly to preserve the benefits and the gains of the Good Friday Agreement in order to maintain peace. Barnier said negotiators were “able to clarify work that still needs to be done in a constructive spirit.”

State of play: Good progress.

4. EURATOM

The U.K.’s exit from the EU’s nuclear program Euratom was also discussed and Davis said the negotiators were “well placed to make even more progress in the next round” of talks in September.

State of play: To be continued.

5. TARIFF RATE QUOTAS

These are mechanisms under which the EU imports agreed tonnages of meat, sugar and grains from around the world with lower-than-usual duties. Neither Davis nor Barnier mentioned them in the closing press conference, but senior EU officials have told POLITICO that both sides are close to an agreement that they can present to the World Trade Organization.

State of play: Deal nearly done.

6. OTHER SETTLEMENT ISSUES

Davis said both sides reached “almost complete agreement” on the so-called “privileges and immunities” that the EU, its agencies and officials will enjoy on U.K. soil (and vice versa) post Brexit. He said the same applies to a “mutual approach” to confidentiality requirements on shared information.

State of play: Close to agreement.

British actor Hugh Grant has demanded that the British government cancel their decision to leave the European Union, saying only “sane” people support remaining as the prospect of the country leaving the EU bloc without a formal withdraw agreement continues to rise.

The Four Weddings and a Funeral star shared a petition via Twitter calling on the British government to revoke Article 50, the legal process by which a member state exits the bloc, and remain a member, thus ignoring the 2016 referendum where the majority of people voted to leave.

“I’ve signed. And it looks like every sane person in the country is signing too,” he wrote. “National emergency. Revoke Article 50 and remain in the EU.”

“The government repeatedly claims exiting the EU is ‘the will of the people,’” reads the petition, which has been signed over one million times. “We need to put a stop to this claim by proving the strength of public support now, for remaining in the EU. A People’s Vote may not happen – so vote now.”

Grant was not the only British celebrity to sign the petition, which was created yesterday in the hope of helping Britain avoid leaving the EU without a formal withdrawal agreement. Other signatories include the singer Annie Lennox, the scientist Brian Cox, and the comedian David Mitchell.

The 58-year-old actor has always been open about his political views and has previously donated to the “Hacked Of”‘ campaign aimed at curbing freedom of the press through stricter regulation. In the 2015  General Election, he endorsed candidates from both the Labour and Liberal Democrat parties, arguing that Labour’s current deputy leader Tom Watson should one day become Prime Minister.

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A number of players were filmed partying on Thursday night and the German boss has questioned the actions of Neymar and Co.

Thomas Tuchel admitted he was “very surprised” by leaked footage that showed Paris Saint-Germain’s players partying into the early hours of the Friday morning.

A number of PSG’s first-team stars attended a lavish joint-birthday party for Edinson Cavani, Mauro Icardi and Angel Di Maria in Paris on Thursday.

The extravagant bash was held two days after the French champions’ 2-1 loss to Borussia Dortmund in the first leg of their Champions League last-16 tie.