Ahmet Zappa in live performances. Under Ahmet's direction, the trust proposed a trademark on the name "Zappa", which would prevent Dweezil from using the name for commercial purposes without authorization. Since 2006, Dweezil toured with an act called Zappa Plays Zappa, playing his father's music. The trust sought to collect a fee from Dweezil for continued use of the name, as well as proceeds from merchandise sold at Zappa Plays Zappa concerts. In response to the trust's action, Dweezil renamed his performance series "50 Years of Frank: Dweezil Zappa Plays Whatever the F@%k He Wants — the Cease and Desist Tour. Zappa
Half Moon (film) Half Moon (film) Half Moon (Kurdish: "Nîwe Mang/Nîvê Heyvê") is a 2006 film written and directed by Iranian Kurdish filmmaker Bahman Ghobadi. "Half Moon" is a joint production of Iran, Austria, France and Iraq. This movie was commissioned by the "New Crowned Hope" festival, a celebration of the 250th birthday of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, and the story plot has been inspired in part by Mozart's "Requiem". Mamo, an old Kurdish musician in the twilight of his life, plans to perform one final concert in Iraqi Kurdistan. The village's elderly warn him that as the moon becomes full, something awful would