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Doc NYC Review: Jared Leto's 'Artifact' Is A Compelling Portrait Of A Music Industry Underwater
by Drew Taylor
November 12, 2012 5:47 PM

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It's sort of hard to sympathize with one of the world's most handsome actors, who regularly moonlights as a Goth prince rock star, even when his spiteful record label decides to sue him and his band for the whopping sum of $30 million. This is the fate that befell Jared Leto and his shockingly popular pop rock band 30 Seconds to Mars, as they were about to begin work on their third album, This Is War. "Artifact," which recently won the BlackBerry People's Choice Documentary Award at the 2012 Toronto International Film Festival and was directed by Leto under a Seussian pseudonym, is something of an accomplishment, not just because of its surprisingly sturdy filmmaking but also because it turns Leto into, if not a likable center for a documentary, then at least a compelling guide through the current state of the music industry, in all its wretched decay.

"Artifact" started off as a standard issue behind-the-scenes documentary of the band's album but it became infinitely more interesting when, on the eve of recording with veteran producer Flood (responsible for some of the most beloved albums in recent memory, including Nine Inch Nails' The Downward Spiral and The Smashing Pumpkins' Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness), they were sued by their record label, EMI, for $30 million, mostly for wanting a fairer new contract and more control.

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Congrats ARTIFACT for winning THE AUDIENCE CHOICE AWARD @ 2012 GOTHAM AWARDS NYC [/size]

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Raising... no eyebrows! Jared Leto shows off his missing facial hair on the red-carpet after being waxed for new movie
By Jade Watkins
PUBLISHED: 05:20 GMT, 27 November 2012 | UPDATED: 10:15 GMT, 27 November 2012

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Jared Leto was forced to wax his eyebrows off for his new film The Dallas Buyers Club, in which he plays a HIV-positive transvestite.

And while the bare-faced appearance is suitable for his on-screen alter ego, it is quite a hard look to pull off on the red-carpet.

However, the 40-year-old actor and 30 Seconds To Mars front man proudly attended the 22nd Annual Gotham Awards in New York City on Monday night, despite his missing facial hair.

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Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/t...l#ixzz2DQJ7N0lU



[size=150]Wes Anderson - Wes Anderson And Jared Leto Honoured At Gotham Independent Film Awards
27 November 2012

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Wes Anderson And Jared Leto Honoured At Gotham Independent Film Awards

Director Wes Anderson and actor Jared Leto received top honours at the 22nd Annual Gotham Independent Film Awards in New York on Monday (26Nov12).

Anderson's quirky drama Moonrise Kingdom scooped the Best Feature Award, making it hotly tipped to win big at next year's (13) Oscars.

The Gotham prizegiving traditionally kicks off the film world's awards season, and winners often go on to nab Academy Awards nominations and trophies.

Leto picked up the Audience Award for his film Artifact, a documentary about the making of his band 30 Seconds to Mars' album This Is War.

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