Kate Winslet is rumoured to star as Austrian cellar girl Natascha Kampusch in an upcoming movie.The Oscar winner is in the running for the main role in Bernd Eichingers new film, according to German showbiz magazines.”I am Sam” star Dakota Fanning and Karoline Herfurth who starred in “Perfume: The Story of a Murderer” […]
Two more concert dates for Aura Dione have been announced.It was made public earlier this year that the Danish pop sensation will co-headline the 27th Donauinselfest Vienna set to take place between 25 and 27 June and be the top act at this years Stadtfest Linz festival on 20 August.Now bosses at Viennese WUK club […]
The band of late jazz legend Joe Zawinul will perform in southern Burgenland as part of a local summer festival.Organisers of the Güssinger Kultursommer said today (Fri) that Syndicate will hit the stage at the towns castle on 27 August.Vienna-born Zawinul, who died in September 2007, is regarded as a trailblazer of the contemporary century […]
Outgoing State Opera director Ioan Holender is to become head of the Budapest State Opera, according to reports.Viennese newspapers claim today (Fri) that the 74-year-old Romanian-born director was in talks with Hungarian federal culture chiefs over taking over as creative director of the capitals opera house.Holender headed the Vienna State Opera for 18 years. Frenchman […]
Dozens of concerts and exhibits will be on in Styria over the next few weeks as part of the Regionale10 festival.Fifty-one communities in Liezen district take part in the second edition of the event featuring theatre performances, musical shows and art exhibitions under the motto “In der Mitte am Rand” (In the Centre At […]
Alternative rock superstars Linkin Park will return to Austria, it was announced today (Thurs).Britishrock.cc reports that the Californian six-member band will perform at the Tips Arena in the Upper Austrian city of Linz on 23 October. The music news website further reports that tickets for the show go on sale on 16 June.The band fronted […]
Danielle Spera has said her farewell as host of Austrias most popular TV news programme will be “slightly wistful”.Spera has presented national broadcaster ORFs “Zeit im Bild” show at 7.30pm for 22 years before it emerged earlier this year that she is to become director of Viennas Jewish Museum.The 52-year-old explained ahead of tonights (Weds) […]
Californian melodic punk stars No Use For A Name and Lagwagon will perform on one night at Viennas Arena next month.Britishrock.cc announced today (Thurs) that the associated bands were to rock the abattoir-turned-concert venue on 26 July.Both bands won many fans across the world through extensive touring. While none of their albums achieved top chart […]
More than 100 photographs from the archive of one of Viennas most renowned studios will be on display at the citys WestLicht (www.westlicht.com) gallery from next week.Organisers of the “Photo Simonis” exhibit said today (Thurs) the archive material of the studio of the same name was rescued when the company stopped doing business in 2005. […]
Jake Gyllenhaal has revealed he would not be surprised if his new movie “Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time” turned out to be the last major Hollywood action film featuring “a real set”.The actor who stars in the leading role of the blockbuster produced by Jerry Bruckheimer told Austrian movie magazine Skip: […]