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RECORDING ACADEMY TO FIGHT FOR MUSIC CREATORS' RIGHTS

Singer-songwriter and actor Jason Mraz first came to prominence in the San Diego coffee shop scene in 2000. In 2002 he released his debut studio album, Waiting for My Rocket to Come, which contained the hit single "The Remedy (I Won't Worry)".

Nearly one year after the successful passage of the transformative Music Modernization Act, the Recording Academy will unite music creators and members of Congress in their hometowns to continue the momentum for music creator protections as a part of the Academy's 6th annual District Advocate Day. Taking place on October 2, 2019, members of the music community can register now to take part in the largest advocacy day for music creators and have their voices heard.

Two-time Grammy-winner Jason Mraz is the first-ever District Advocate Ambassador and will encourage and inspire other Recording Academy members and music supporters to join him in this nationwide rally.

Approximately 2,000 Academy members—all professional music creators—will sit down with their member of Congress in hundreds of districts across the country to showcase how music is a vital component of the local economy and needs protection.

In addition to Recording Academy members meeting one-on-one with congressional representatives, fans and other members of the music community are encouraged to sign up and participate in District Advocate Day online, as a day of unity in support of music and those who create it.

Some of the key issues music creators will discuss with congressional representatives include:

Encouraging passage of the CASE Act, which enables independent artists and songwriters to protect their work against infringement through the creation of a small claims copyright court
Establishing a performance right on terrestrial radio, the only business in the United States that uses another person's intellectual property without permission or compensation
Encouraging the Department of Justice to ensure fair compensation for songwriters during its review of the consent decrees that regulate how songwriters are paid
Protecting arts funding and music education to invest in the next generation of music creators

District Advocate Day, along with the Recording Academy's annual Grammys on the Hill in April, are the Recording Academy's tentpole advocacy events, and are credited with helping to pass the Music Modernization Act into law—the largest update to music legislation in the past 40 years.

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ART AND ABOUT

MICK JAGGER the Rolling Stones frontman went shopping at the Menil Bookstore after touring the famed museum. According to the museum, a day after the Stones concert at the NRG Stadium in July, Jagger and Ronnie Wood stopped by the Menil Collection. Menil director Rebecca Rabinow heard them knocking and gave the pair a private tour in the afternoon. “Highlights of the Rolling Stones’ tour included The Menil’s African art galleries and the museum’s iconic Surrealism rooms,” according to Menil officials. Like all tourists they left through the gift/bookstore.

Jagger purchased three of Houston artist Kathleen Packlick’s collage kits which each contains 20-30 pieces and sell for $20-$25.

The Menil Collection opened in 1987 to preserve and exhibit the art collection of John and Dominique de Menil. Considered one of the most important privately assembled collections of the twentieth century, The Menil Collection houses approximately 17000 paintings, sculptures, prints, drawings, photographs, and rare books. Masterpieces from antiquity, the Byzantine and medieval worlds the tribal cultures of Africa, Oceania, the American Pacific Northwest, and the twentieth century are particularly well represented. Among the highlights of the museum are its Surrealist holdings, widely regarded as one of the world’s foremost collections of its kind.

ED HARDY DEEPER THAN SKIN

Ed Hardy self portrait

the first museum retrospective of renowned tattoo artist and California native Ed Hardy tracks his goal of elevating the tattoo from its subculture status to an important visual art form. After art school, Ed Hardy deviated from the path to professorship and became one of the most influential tattoo artists of the 20th century. His iconic style emerged from his childhood fascination with classic American tattooing, study of prints by artists like Rembrandt and Goya, and deep influence from Japan’s ukiyo-e era culture.

Survey his life in art through an eclectic display of paintings, sketches, interactive digital displays, and much more. With over 350 objects on display, Ed Hardy: Deeper than Skin is on view now through October 6 at the de Young museum in San Francisco.

Deeper than Skin features paintings, drawings, prints and three-dimensional works by Hardy in a retrospective format that begins with a selection of drawings from the 1950s, when the young artist became fixated on the art of tattooing. Photographs and sketched tattoo designs by the ten-year-old Hardy are on view, all of them taken at or inspired by the tattoo parlors of the Long Beach Pike, an amusement zone not far from his Corona del Mar home. When Hardy was a teenager, his interest turned from tattooing to creating imagery inspired by the Southern California hot-rod, custom-car, and surf cultures. In high school, an influential teacher directed him to investigate contemporary art and literature, including Pop Art and Beat poetry. Hardy made trips to visit Los Angeles galleries, including the now-legendary Ferus Gallery, where he saw the work of Andy Warhol, Bruce Conner, John Altoon.

Hardy graduated from SFAI in 1967 with a degree in printmaking and turned down a graduate fellowship offer from Yale University and decided instead to begin tattooing professionally. In keeping with the times, he explains that he considered fine art as elitist, and tattooing as a “forgotten American folk art” with potential for a revival. Hardy’s goal was to expand the expressive potential of the medium and introduce it to audiences beyond its marginalized status and insular subculture.

SONGS OF HOME discover the little-known story of music in NSW during the first 70 years of the colony in our newly launched exhibition. Songs of Home features more than 80 objects including an opera costume worn by Joan Sutherland; Discover a guitar once owned by Napoleon.

See and hear the earliest transcriptions of Aboriginal songs. Follow the story of Australia’s first piano as it made its way from Britain to Elizabeth Farm in Parramatta. Discover the story of the Murray family and their musical possessions, hauled by horse-drawn carriage over the Blue Mountains. On display for the first time in Australia are albums of music hand-copied by Jane Austen, revealing her musical tastes and practices, similar to those brought to Australia by immigrants in the late 18th and 19th centuries.

Experience a diverse array of music, old and new, through performances by leading Australian and British musicians, as well as students at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music. A series of specially commissioned contemporary works by Aboriginal composers, in partnership with the Ngarra-Burria First Peoples Composers initiative with support from the Royal Australian Navy Band, highlight the powerful and continuing presence of Aboriginal music making.

Surprising, moving, entertaining – the fascinating world of music in early NSW is revealed here for the first time as a place of melodious complexity. Now on exhibit at the Museum of Sydney in Sydney, Australia.

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SWEET CHARITY

LADY GAGA'S BORN THIS WAY FOUNDATION

Lady Gaga kicked off her Be Kind 21 in Las Vegas.

is kicking off its 2nd annual 21 Days To Be Kind Challenge, also known as Be Kind 21 in Las Vegas.

"Help us make kindness - to ourselves and to our communities - a habit by practicing an act of kindness each day from September 1st to September 21st!" explains the Foundation.

Little Monsters are encouraged to participate on their own, or assemble a "Kindness Team" made up of "friends, family, coworkers, classroom, book club, neighborhood, sports team," or any other groups to join.

Acts of kindness can be shared with the #BeKind21 tag @btwfoundation, which will enter you to win two tickets to an upcoming Gaga show and a Love Bravery merch basket.

Participants must be 15 years or older, sign in on the Born This Way site and share at least one experience on social media using the #BeKind21 hashtag; the winner will be randomly selected from pledges posted between August 14 and September 21.

SPREADING THE WORD

WOOLLY MAMMOTH'S LOVE DRIVE officially kicks off on August 21 an initiative, led locally by Woolly Mammoth in Washington, DC and Lil Soso Productions - inspired by Woolly Mammoth's presentation of What to Send Up When It Goes Down, a play-pageant-ritual-homegoing celebration in response to the physical and spiritual deaths of Black people.

"The idea is simple," explained Woolly Mammoth. " We’re inviting people from all walks of life to write a love letter to Black people living in this anti-Black society."

While Broadway To Vegas finds the terminology "writing a love letter" a little creepy as opposed to writing a letter of hope, inspiration or apology, the intent of the project is sincere.

The venue continued: The collected love letters will become part of the set for What to Send Up When It Goes Down! Letters will then travel with the piece as it tours to Boston and New York where the Love Drive will continue. Our goal is to collect 1000 love letters. A little love goes a long way, and we hope that you will consider writing a letter to join this collective effort to bring healing through the arts.

THE OREGON SHAKESPEARE FESTIVAL in Ashland, Oregon announced six new commissions as part of American Revolutions: the United States History Cycle, OSF’s multi-decade program of commissioning and developing 37 new plays about moments of change in United States history. The commissioned artists are Zakiyyah Alexander, Jaclyn Backhaus, E. M. Lewis, Mary Katheryn Nagle, Sara Novic, and Sanaz Toossi.

American Revolutions brings together artists and theatres from around the country to establish a shared understanding of our nation’s past while illuminating the best paths for our nation's future. American Revolutions plays have been produced around the country and abroad. Robert Schenkkan’s All The Way won the 2014 Tony Award for Outstanding Play and Lynn Nottage’s Sweat, a co-commission with Arena Stage, won the 2017 Pulitzer Prize in Drama.

American Revolutions writers choose the subject of their plays, creating an impressionistic history that reflects both the past and what writers are most moved by in our present.

Two American Revolutions plays are now on OSF stages and run play through October: Between Two Knees by the 1491s (a co-commission with New Native Theatre) and the Tony-winning Indecent by Paula Vogel (a co-commission with Yale Repertory Theatre). OSF’s 2020 season will also include two world-premiere American Revolutions plays: The Confederates by Dominique Morisseau (a co-commission with Penumbra Theatre) and The Copper Children by Karen Zacarías.

ARENA STAGE CELEBRATES THE 70TH ANNIVERSARY SEASON with Community Day. Swing by earlier in the day for the 70th Anniversary Season Community Day. With live music and entertainment, family-friendly activities, delicious food and a wine and beer garden hosted by the Arena Young Patrons Board complete with lawn games including mini-golf and giant jenga (21+). Highlights include performances by Akua Allrich, Justin Trawick and DC Cuban All-Stars; a behind-the-scenes discussion with production staff, moderated by Molly Smith and a special performance by Leo Manzari in the Kogod Cradle; the Arena Stage Props Sale in the Molly Smith Study; and more. 70th Anniversary Season Community Day takes place Saturday, August 24 in Washington, DC.

PLACIDO DOMINGO the famed opera superstar and director of the Los Angeles Opera has been accused by numerous women of forcing them into sexual relationships and/or threatening them professionally if they refused his advances.

In light of that the San Francisco Opera has canceled the Plácido Domingo concert scheduled for Oct. 6.

The company issued a press release saying: “Though the alleged incidents reported did not take place at San Francisco Opera, the company is unable to present the artist on the War Memorial Opera House stage,” the press release said, adding the organization is “committed to its strong anti-sexual harassment policy” and “places a great priority on creating a safe and secure environment where everyone can focus on their work and art.”

BROADWAY PRODUCER BEN SPRECHER the producer of the Tony Award-nominated Fortune’s Fool in 2002 and a revival of The Odd Couple in 2005, was arrested last Tuesday morning when a A team of federal investigators descended on his home, taking the founder and chairman of the Sprecher Organization into custody.

He was charged with possession of child pornography. Evidence was seized from his home.

ASK TOO MUCH OF ME Abbey Theatre Artistic Director Veronica Coburn and playwright Dylan Coburn Gray will work with an ensemble cast of 16 young people from Youth Theatres across Ireland to present the 2019 National Youth Theatre: Ask Too Much Of Me. Since 1983 the National Youth Theatre has worked to place young people’s artistic voice at the heart of theatre in Ireland. For the 2019 National Youth Theatre, Artistic Director Veronica Coburn and Dylan Coburn Gray will work with an ensemble cast to devise and create a new play around the idea of Faith. What does Faith look like in a modern society? How does the concept of Faith impact on the lives of young people in Ireland? Do we need Faith? This creative process, which seeks and values the input of the ensemble, will culminate in a production on our national stage that exemplifies Youth Theatre practice across Ireland.

The Ensemble includes: Daniel Madden, Pippa Molony, Penny Morris, Abigail Mulcahy O’Connell, Darragh O’Donnell, Olwyn O’Donoghue Patterson, James O’Leary, Daniel Penrose, Emory Ramsay, Michael Tient and Blaithín Ward.

August 19-24 On the Peacock Stage of The Abbey Theatre in Ireland.

SHAKESPEARE AND HATHAWAY PRIVATE INVESTIGATORS is a gem of a British comedic drama mystery television series set in Stratford-upon-Avon, produced by BBC Birmingham, aired in American on PBS. The cozy series is clever, extremely well written, brilliantly acted by Jo Joyner as Luella Shakespeare, Mark Benton as Frank Hathaway and Patrick Walshe McBride as their flamboyant assistant Sebastian Brudenell. Directed by incorporating some seldom used camera angles which highlights the quirkiness. Every aspect of this series is enjoyable.

SHIRLEY MacLAINE is mourning the passing of one of her beloved dogs, Trixie. The actress, who is currently in Los Angeles looking over new projects, posted: "This past month my darling Trixie passed. It was sudden, unexpected and caused by an enlarged heart, which was truly Trixie – all heart. She was my bedmate, always snuggling while Buddy watched over us. She was a special little fur person that helped ease the pain of Terry’s passing and I know the two of them are playing and exploring on another realm. Buddy is now by my side at all times. He’s my support and constant source of amusement. It’s obvious he misses her but I think he’s enjoying being the only fur-child at the moment."

AUGUST 18 celebrates National Soft Ice Cream Day. August 19 is Potato Day and Hot & Spicy Food Day. August 20 is Lemonade Day and National Chocolate Pecan Pie Day. August 21 is National Pecan Torte Day while August 22 is National Spumoni Day and Eat a Peach Day. August 23 honors National Sponge Cake Day. August 24 is National Peach Pie Day and National Waffle Day (Waffle Day in Sweden is March 25th).

OTHER PEOPLE'S MONEY

HAVE YOU ALWAYS WANTED YOUR OWN DINOSAUR SKELETON? You're in luck. Dubai Mall's 155-million-year-old dinosaur skeleton will be graveled down by Emirates Auction in the Middle East's first auction to sell the giant dinosaur skeleton. The online auction has a starting price at Dh14.6 million or $3.97million. Bids will conclude on August 25, , Emirates Auction said in a statement.

The skeleton, which was installed at the Dubai Mall in 2014, would have weighed the equivalent of five elephants in its prime and was one of the long-necked herbivorous dinosaurs with a tail tapering to a long, thin whip-like end to defend itself against predators. The dinosaur belongs to the Diplodocus longus variety and the displayed bones belong to the same auctioned animal, which makes it special. In addition, nearly 90 percent of the bones are original, the statement added.

The remains of the adult dinosaur were discovered in a sleeping position in 2008 at the Dana Quarry in Wyoming.

The specimen was previously displayed at the Houston Museum of Natural Science in Texas. It was sourced through Khalid Seddiq, founder of Etihad Modern Art Gallery in Abu Dhabi.

YOU CAN LIVE IN MEGHAN MARKLE'S OLD HOME When Megan Markle, now Duchess of Sussex and a princess of the United Kingdom, was married to Trevor Engelson they rented a charming Colonial-style home in L.A.’s Hancock Park neighborhood, where she would return between filming Suits and where she called home until her divorce in 2013. It has recently been put on the market at $1.8 million. The 1924 Colonial measures 2,262-square-feet with four bedrooms, three baths, family room, living room with fireplace and dining area, all on an open plan. The eat-in kitchen is also filled with natural light and white cabinets are covered with marble countertops. The dining room opens onto a patio for entertaining and there is a two-car garage with additional parking. The listing agent is Sheri Bienstock of The Bienstock Group, Los Angeles.

GLORIA VANDERBILT'S CHILDHOOD HOME is up for sale. Vanderbilt who passed away recently at the age of 95 was a fashion designer, author, actress and the mother of CNN anchor Anderson Cooper. The elegant Manhattan mansion still known as the Vanderbilt Mansion, where Gloria Vanderbilt lived as a child before her mother took her to live in Paris, is now for sale priced at $50 million. Originally built by Robert B. Lynd in 1891 and restyled in 1905 by William Strom, the seven-story townhouse is located at one of Manhattan’s most-sought-after addresses on East 72nd Street. Designed in Néo-Grec style, the 18,408-square-foot townhouse is 27-feet wide with 12 bedrooms, 11 full bathrooms, three powder rooms and approximately 1,500 square feet of outdoor space. Rooms have 12-foot ceilings and there are three gas fireplaces. Currently divided into three luxury condos with multiple options for reconfiguration, the three units can be purchased together or purchased separately. The listing agent is Lauren Muss of Douglas Elliman Real Estate, Madison Avenue office.

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THE HUNGER Music and Words: Donnacha Dennehy. Conducted by Alan Pierson.

Directed by Tom Creed.

This powerful new opera by Donnacha Dennehy is "a moving exploration of the Irish Famine." The Hunger features performances by world-renowned sean-nós singer Iarla O´ Liona´ird, internationally-acclaimed soprano Katherine Manley.

Musicians include: Courtney Orlando (violin). Larissa O’Grady (violin). Lisa Dowdall (viola.) Kate Ellis (cello). Caimin Gilmore (double bass). Susan Doyle (flutes, piccolo). Dorine Schoon (oboe, cor anglais). Macdara O´ Seireada´in (clarinet, bass clarinet). Leonie Bluett (clarinet). Roddy O’Keeffe (trombone). Hannah Miller (French horn). Cameron Todd (trumpet). Clíona Warren (bassoon). Owen Gunnell (percussion). Alex Petcu (percussion). Eliza McCarthy (piano).

The creative are: Set and Video Design: Jim Findlay. Costume Design: Tilly Grimes. Lighting Design: Christopher Kuhl. Sound Design: David Sheppard / Sound Intermedia. Video Associate: Jack Phelan.,Associate Sound Designer: Jonathan Green. Dramaturgy: Jocelyn Clarke. Assistant Director: Eoghan Carrick. Re´pe´titeur: Aoife O’Sullivan. Company Stage Manager: Kevin Mullery. Deputy Stage Manager: Paula Tierney. Surtitle Operator: Maeve Sheil. Crash Ensemble CEO: Neva Elliott McGinley. Crash Ensemble Concerts Manager: Jonathan Pearson. Crash Ensemble Production Manager: Adrian Hart.

Performances August 19 - 24 at the Abbey Theatre in Dublin, Ireland with a Free First Preview Monday, August 19, marking the first time the Abbey Theatre has an opera as part of their award-winning Free First Preview Series. Each year Abbey Theatre gives away thousands of tickets as part of their Free First Preview Series. The Hunger is their ninth in the series in 2019. On Monday, August 19, 500 tickets will be given away for this new opera.

BETRAYAL by Harold Pinter.

Directed by Jamie Lloyd.

Starring Golden Globe, Olivier, and Evening Standard Award winner Tom Hiddleston, Zawe Ashton, and Charlie Cox, all making their Broadway debuts as Robert, Jerry, and Emmy, respectively. They are joined by Eddie Arnold as the Waiter.

This production formed the culmination of Pinter at the Pinter, an unprecedented London season of Harold Pinter’s work taking place over the 2018/19 season. This mammoth project consisted of over thirty pieces including all one-act plays by the most important playwright of the 20th century. Marking the tenth anniversary of Pinter’s death, Betrayal played in the West End theater that bears his name, breaking all box office records.

"With poetic precision, rich humor, and an extraordinary emotional force, Betrayal charts a compelling seven-year romance, thrillingly captured in reverse chronological order. The complexities of the human heart are explored."

The creative team fincludes scenic and costume design by Soutra Gilmour, lighting design by Jon Clark, and sound design and music by Ben and Max Ringham. Casting is by Jim Carnahan, CSA.

The play is mounted at the Bernard B. Jacobs Theatre in New York City with an official Opening Night set for Thursday, September 5, 2019.

ROALD DAHL’S CHARLIE AND THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY by David Greig, adapted from the popular Roald Dahl novel of the same name. Music by Grammy, Emmy, and Tony winner Marc Shaiman, lyrics by Grammy and Tony winners Scott Wittman and Shaiman. Additional songs by Leslie Bricusse and Anthony Newley from the 1971 Warner Bros. motion picture.

Directed by three-time Tony Award winner Jack O’Brien.

Choreography by Tony nominee and Emmy winner Joshua Bergasse.

Willy Wonka is opening his marvelous and mysterious chocolate factory...to a lucky few. That includes Charlie Bucket, whose bland life is about to burst with color and confection beyond his wildest dreams. He and four other golden ticket winners will embark on a mesmerizing joyride through a world of pure imagination. Now's your chance to experience the wonders of Wonka like never before – get ready for Oompa-Loompas, incredible inventions, the great glass elevator, and more, more, more at this everlasting showstopper.

The perfect recipe for a delectable treat: songs from the original film, including Pure Imagination: The Candy Man and I've Got a Golden Ticket, alongside a toe-tapping and ear-tickling new score. Get ready for Oompa-Loompas, incredible inventions, the great glass elevator, and more, more, more at this everlasting showstopper.

Starring Noah Weisberg as Willy Wonka.

Sharing the role of Charlie will be Henry Boshart, Collin Jeffery, and Rueby Wood.

The production also features scenic and costume design by Mark Thompson, lighting design by Japhy Weideman, sound design by Andrew Keister, puppet design by Basil Twist, projection design by Jeff Sugg, orchestrations by Doug Besterman, and music direction and supervision by Nicholas Skilbeck. Casting is by Telsey & Co.

August 22- September 1, 2019 at the AT&T Performing Arts Center in Dallas, Texas.

BARTHOLOMEW FAIR by Ben Jonson.

Directed by Blanche McIntyre.

Roll up, roll up! It’s the height of summer and all of London has come out to play.

Leave your morals at the door and lose yourself in our carnival of excess. Make sure to keep your wits about you, though – one wrong turn, and you might end up getting more than you bargained for…

London’s most notorious fair comes to life this summer, spilling out of the candlelit Sam Wanamaker Playhouse into the wider Globe site, in Ben Jonson’s raucous comedy. Featuring a dizzying array of characters and a kaleidoscope of sights and sounds, Bartholomew Fair is an extraordinarily exuberant panorama of London life.

August 23 – October 12, 2019 at the Sam Wanamaker Playhouse in London.

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In the pages of How To Earn A Living As A Freelance Writer (the first to be lied to and the last to be paid) you'll find sex, celebrities, violence, threats, unethical editors, scummy managers and lawyers, treacherous press agents, sex discrimination; as well as a how-to for earning money by writing down words.

WHO'S WHERE

WEIRD AL YANKOVIC and his Strings Attached tour - backed by a full symphony orchestra are performing both hits and classics along. As expected, Al will bring his usual epic production, with costumes, props and a video wall. On Monday, August 19 the show is in- Vancouver, BC at Queen Elizabeth Theatre. Wednesday's show is in Victoria, BC at the Save-On-Foods Memorial Centre. Thursday's stop is in Abbotsford, BC at Abbortsford Centre. Friday's gig is in Calgary, AB at Jack Singer Concert Hall and Saturday performance is in Billings, MT at Rimrock Auto Arena.

QUEEN and Adam Lambert are in New Orleans on Tuesday, August 20 for a show at the Smoothie King Center. Thursday's gig is in Atlanta, Ga. at the State Farm Arena. On Friday their tour stops in Charlotte, N.C. for a show at the Spectrum Center.

HAPPY TOGETHER TOUR 2019 the 10th anniversary tour starring Starring The Turtles, Chuck Negron, formerly of Three Dog Night, Gary Puckett & The Union Gap, The Buckinghams, The Classics IV and The Cowsills perform their hits Thursday, August 22 in Moorhead, MI at the Bluestern Center for the Arts.

TOAD THE WET SPROCKET performs Monday, August 19 in Charleston, SC at the - Charleston Music Hall. Wednesday's stop is in State College, PA at the State Theatre Tickets. Thursday's show is in Bensalem, PA at the Xcite Center. On Friday the performance is in E. Providence, RI at the Bold Point Park. Friday finds the gang in Lowell, MA at the Boarding House Park. Saturday's gig is in Ridgefield, CT at the Ridgefield Playhouse.

PINK on stage Monday, August 19, 2019 at the Scotiabank Arena, Toronto, ON, Canada.

ZAC BROWN BAND open a two nighter Friday, August 23 at Northwell Health at Jones Beach Theater, Wantagh, NY. Next Sunday, August 25 they'll be entertaining at Jiffy Lube Live, Bristow, VA.

FINAL OVATION

PIERO TOSI a five time Academy Award nominated costume designer died Saturday, August 10, 2019 at his home in Rome. He was 92.

During his five-decade career, Tosi received a slew of honors, including two BAFTAs and three David di Donatello Awards — the Italian equivalent of the Oscar. There were Academy Award nominations for The Leopard; Death in Venice; Ludwig; La Cage aux Folles and La Traviata. In 2013, he received an honorary Oscar for his “incomparable costume designs (that) shaped timeless, living art in motion pictures.”

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