Alan Cumming: 'Any Day Now' at Hamptons Film Festival, and album narration for Nicholas Phan

• Any Day Now - review

Director-writer Travis Fine’s drama is set in the late-1970s in Los Angeles’ gay community, a romance between a lip-synching drag-club performer (Alan Cumming) who really wants to be a proper singer, and a closeted assistant district attorney (Garret Dillahunt). The two are drawn together to care for an abandoned teen with Down syndrome (newcomer Isaac Leyva), and pose as cousins to skirt systemic anti-gay prejudice. Strong performances from all three leads rise above this story’s preachy and melodramatic elements,  while songs performed by Cumming’s character, including the title track, serve as plot signposts.
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On Friday, Alan tweeted a link to his blog:

Here I am on TV this morning, talking about STDs and penises and all sorts

The tweet included a link to Alan's latest blog update:

I am in the Hamptons, for the film festival. Any Day Now plays here on Sunday and Monday. Tomorrow I do a Q&A at the Bay Street Theatre in Sag Harbor, and on Sunday I host the Golden Starfish Awards. Earlier today, in fact, very earlier today, I went on Good Day New York to chat about the movie and the festival, penises and STDs...

Watch the video clip at Alan's blog
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• Tenor Nicholas Phan's New Album STILL FALLS THE RAIN Features Narration by Alan Cumming

Named one of NPR’s Favorite Artists of 2011, American tenor Nicholas Phan returns to the music of Benjamin Britten (1913-1976) on a new album available October 9 from Avie. On the eve of the Britten centenary, Still Falls the Rain showcases both the great British composer’s remarkable gift as a collaborator and Phan’s increasingly lauded interpretative powers. The album features The Heart of the Matter, a song cycle for tenor, narrator, horn, and piano, performed here by renowned actor Alan Cumming, as well as the principal hornist of the Philadelphia Orchestra, Jennifer Montone, and pianist Myra Huang, Phan’s long-time recital partner. -
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Alan tweeted about the album on Thursday:

Look! My first classical album! Actually it's by Nicholas Phan aka @grecchinois and I just spout some Edith Sitwell.

 

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