Video and Edit by Christopher James Thompson, AMFM Studios LLC AMFM Magazine caught up with super hot band HONNE after their show at Stubbs on the last day of SXSW 2016. As relative newcomers they manage to regularly sell out venues, with their signature sound dubbed "futuristic soul destined to re-invent babymaking music" by The Telegraph. This British Electronic-Soul duo … [Read more...]
SXSW 2016: DEMOLITION MAN – JAKE GYLLENHALL EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW
Jake tells Paul Salfen about his Austin-centric experience during SXSW 2016 and also how "everything is a little off in this movie" and why . "The love of the strange, that's one of the best things about SXSW," Jake explains. DEMOLITION MAN is in theaters April 1st. Video Edit: Christopher James Thompson, AMFM Studios LLC Paul Salfen is a … [Read more...]
SXSW 2016: PAUL REUBENS TALKS ABOUT ‘PEE WEE’S BIG HOLIDAY’
In this rare interview Paul Salfen talks to actor Paul Reubens, who is usually in Pee Wee Herman character during interviews. Paul then talks to.Director John Lee and actors Alia Shawkat and Stephanie Beatriz about PEE WEE'S BIG HOLIDAY, in which Pee-wee meets a stranger who inspires him to take his first vacation in this story about friendship and fate. It's getting rave … [Read more...]
THE TRUST: INTERVIEW WITH FIRST TIME FILMMAKERS, BROTHERS ALEX AND BEN BREWER
INTERVIEW BY: CHRISTINE THOMPSON In one of the more interesting performances from Nicolas Cage, Elijah Wood and Jerry Lewis, THE TRUST is a film about a pair of cops investigating a drug invasion stumble who upon a mysterious bank vault. Pairing an unlikely cop duo of Cage and Wood (with Jerry Lewis giving a cameo as Cage's father), first time filmmakers Alex and Benjamin … [Read more...]
SXSW 2016: FIRST EVER COUNTRY SINGER AT THE FADER FORT, KACEY MUSGRAVES
Last night, The FADER FORT Presented by Converse featured performances from artists including Sunflower Bean, Day Wave, Flatbush Zombies, Dua Lipa, and Neon Indian. Kamaiya brought out Bay Area kindred YG for a duet, and later in the evening, Rae Stremmurd paused during their performance of “Up Like Donald Trump” to endorse Bernie Sanders. Closing the evening, Texas … [Read more...]
THANK YOU DEL: THE STORY OF THE DEL CLOSE MARATHON
Carla Taylor Interviews Matt Besser, Matt Walsh, and director Todd Bieber about their documentary Thank You Del: The Story Of The Del Close Marathon Even if you don’t know who Del Close is, he is a very quotable man. In THANK YOU DEL: THE STORY OF THE DEL CLOSE MARATHON, which world premiered this year at SXSW, we get to see Close’s wide-reaching influence in the … [Read more...]
NYLON SXSTYLE PARTY AT CHEER UP CHARLIE’S
The Nylon SXStyle party featured an epic evening with musical performances by Smallpools, Zara Larsson and Kloe with a DJ set by Emmieshouse at the iconic Cheer Up Charlie's. Fabrizio's camera found the cast of "PET" (Ksenia Solo), "9 Rides" (Jake McLean) and "My Father Die." Also spotted were Tahj Mowry, recording artist and star of "Baby Daddy." Scott Levenson, Thomas … [Read more...]
AUSTINITE’S ANDY RODDICK AND BROOKLYN DECKER JUDGE SXSWEDU “THINK IT UP LIVE”
Andy Roddick and Brooklyn Decker Judge "Think It Up Live" at SXSWedu March 10th. Bonus: AMFM's Stefano Fabrizio Darold caught up with Brooklyn Decker at the Texas Film Hall of Fame to ask about her modeling career. OFFICIAL PRNEWSWIRE RELEASE: LOS ANGELES, March 11, 2016 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Think It UpTM, the new initiative from the Entertainment Industry Foundation … [Read more...]
MARIE CLAIRE TOASTS BROAD CITY CREATORS & STARS ILANA GLAZER & ABBI JACOBSON AT SXSW FESTIVAL FETE
Preceding Marie Claire’s highly anticipated SXSW panel with Broad City co-creators, executive producers, writer and stars Abbi Jacobson and Ilana Glazer (Saturday, March 12, 9:30AM in the Austin Convention Center’s Ballroom EFG), Editor-in-Chief Anne Fulenwider hosted an impromptu drinks and desserts gathering for the comediennes at Austin hotspot Juliet Ristorante. Stars from … [Read more...]
SPORTS NBC BRINGS RIO OLYMPICS TO SXSW 2016 WITH TARA LIPINSKY
INTERVIEW: Fabrizio catches up with Olympian Tara Lipinsky at The Four Seasons "Lawn" during the Rio Olympics Chat & Happy Hour on Friday. She was there with TODAY Show co-host Willie Geist and Golf Channel's David Feherty on a panel featured perspectives from NBC Olympics Executives Jim Bell and John Miller. The Rio Olympic "Lawn" continues today at the Four Seasons … [Read more...]
MONDO GALLERY GIVES BACK TO THE FANS: TWO BIG GALLERY SHOWS FOR SXSW 2016
"NO LONGER/NOT YET: A TRIBUTE TO RICHARD LINKLATER" FEATURING LIMITED EDITION POSTER and "HOUSE PARTY" A RARE CHANCE FOR FANS TO OWN ORIGINALS FOR UNDER $200 Mondo Gallery Co-Founder/Creative Director Mitch Putnam has pulled together two great shows for SXSW 2016, the first is "No Longer / Not Yet: A Tribute to Richard Linklater" (March 12th) and the second is "House Party" … [Read more...]
SXSW FILM ANNOUNCES CO-KEYNOTES ELLEN PAGE AND IAN DANIEL
Co-Keynotes Join Nelson George, Gale Anne Hurd and Joe Swanberg Austin, Texas – February 29, 2016 – The South by Southwest® (SXSW®) Film Conference and Festival announced its last Conference Keynote featuring Academy Award-nominated actress and activist Ellen Page and Ian Daniel, co-creators of the new documentary series Gaycation. Page’s body of work toggles between … [Read more...]
SXSW FILM 2016 ANNOUNCES FULL CONFERENCE LINEUP
Keynotes with Nelson George, Gale Anne Hurd and Joe Swanberg plus Featured Conversations with Don Cheadle, Joel Edgerton, Gaby Hoffmann, Joe Berlinger, Barbara Kopple, Andrew Bujalski, David Lowery and More Judd Apatow and Friends Stand Up Show and Silicon Valley Panel Among the 450+ Convergence Sessions Open to More Than One Badge Austin, Texas – February 12, … [Read more...]
ANTICIPATING SXSW 2016: HIGHLIGHTS OF SXSW 2015 “WHERE THE CELEBS ARE”
Where do the celebs hang out when they come to Austin for SXW? Paul Salfen finds out. … [Read more...]
JAMES A. PRINCE NAMED AS SECOND SXSW 2016 KEYNOTE SPEAKER
SXSW Music - Where the Global Music Community Connects February 9, 2016 - Austin, Texas - The South by Southwest® Music Conference and Festival (SXSW®) is pleased to announce its second Keynote Speaker, James A. Prince of Rap-A-Lot Records. Mr. Prince's Keynote conversation with Rap-A-Lot artist Bun B will take place Thursday, March 17, 2016 at 11:00 a.m. in Ballroom D of … [Read more...]