Robbie Williams concert breaks theatre record


A performance by British pop star Robbie Williams, broadcast to more than 250 theatres around the world, set a world record on Tuesday by having the largest number of screenings of a live concert in theaters. The Guinness Book of World Records confirmed that BBC Worldwide’s live show of Williams’ sold-out “Electric Proms” show, shown via satellite in venues in 23 countries, marked the “most simultaneous cinematic screenings of a live concert.” Among the nations that played the broadcast in theaters are Germany, Spain, Sweden and Switzerland. Additional screenings will be shown in the next few weeks in auditoriums in Mexico City, Australia, South Africa, New Zealand and other countries. Williams also set a Guinness World Record when his 2009 “Close Encounters” tour sold 1.6 million tickets in one day. In Romania, the performance could be seen on Tuesday at The Light Cinemas.


Works by Raphael, Rembrandt- set to bring record price


Christie’s will offer for sale a drawing by Renaissance master Raphael which he used as a study for a figure in a Vatican fresco, and expects it to break the record for an old master drawing sold at auction. “Head of a Muse” will go under the hammer at the London sale of old masters and 19th century art on December 8 and has been estimated at 12-16 million pounds ($20-26 million). The existing record for an old master drawing at auction stands at 8.1 million pounds, including buyer’s premium, for Michelangelo’s “The Risen Christ” in 2000 and for Leonardo da Vinci’s “Horse and Rider” in 2001. The Raphael drawing was a study for a figure in “Parnassus,” one of a series of four frescoes in the Stanza della Segnatura in the Vatican commissioned by Pope Julius II and executed between 1508 and 1511. The December 8 auction will also include Rembrandt’s “Portrait of a man, half-length, with his arms akimbo,” estimated at up to 25 million pounds.


New accolades
for “Katalin Varga”


The movie “Katalin Varga,” directed by Peter Strickland and produced by Libra Film, was rewarded with a new trophy, the actress Hilda Peter, who played the main part, winning the Best Actress Award at the International Golden Orange Festival in Antalya that concluded last week, on October 17. “Katalin Varga” participated in the international competition alongside another 11 films, among which “Eastern plays” (director Kamen Kalev), “Ambulance” (director Goran Radovanovic), “Sicak” (director Abdullah Oduz) or “Operation Danube” (director Jacek Glomb). The jury of the competition is formed of the directors Krzystof Zanussi (chairman), Karoly Makk, Canan Gerede, actress Pelin Batu, and Stephen Ashton.

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