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21 August 2009 12:50 AM, PDT | www.canmag.com | See recent CanMag news »

Time to pull out my Carl Orff CD, because Warner Bros. is remaking Excalibur! Well, I'm actually not all that thrilled on the remake, but at least it will draw attention to the original movie.

Wait. Wait. Bryan Singer might direct? Fine, I'm in.

Excalibur Remake Coming

Warner Bros. has acquired the screen rights to Excalibur and they are working with Bryan Singer to get production moving. If all goes to plan, Bryan Singer will likely get behind the camera for this one.

If you've never seen Excalibur -- go rent it! -- or don't recognize the name King Arthur, then here's a bit of a rundown. Excalibur plays on the whole sword in the stone tale, and then leads it to knights having sex with hotties without ever removing their armor. Okay, it didn't necessarily jump to that, but you can't deny that it did happen. Anywho, where was »

27 May 2009 12:28 PM, PDT | Huffington Post | See recent Huffington Post news »

What remains of the bruising grace can make grown men cry. Women, too, in their toughness are not immune. Mary Murphy of So You Think You Can Dance turned stormy eyed during the show's season premiere Thursday after Brandon Bryant's magnetic interpretation of Carl Orff's "O Fortuna." "I have to say that I have the greatest job in the whole world to be able to sit here some days and be able to witness something like that -- something I wouldn't be able to do in a million years, to dance like you," Murphy said, then she wiped her eyes. "You're the kind of person, the kind of dancer that touches millions of people in a few short moves." The championship starved city of Cleveland -- the 1964 Browns brought Clevelanders their last professional sports title -- is... »

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17 March 2009 2:15 PM, PDT | BroadwayWorld.com | See recent BroadwayWorld.com news »

The Bach Festival Society closes its Season of Love and War with a romantic Spring program featuring a variety of works. The Bach Festival Choir and Orchestra will perform Carl Nielsen?s Hymnus Amoris and selections from Carl Orff?s Carmina Burana. The orchestra will also perform Sergei Rachmaninoff?s Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini and Tchaikovsky?s Romeo and Juliet Overture. The two performances take place Saturday, April 18 at 7:30 p.m. and Sunday, April 19 at 3 p.m. in Knowles Memorial Chapel at Rollins College. Tickets range from $20 to $50, depending on seat location. »

3 articles from 2009