The Pretenders' Chrissie Hynde is interviewed before an audience at the South by Southwest Music Festival and Conference in Austin, Texas, March 17, 2006.
The Pretenders' Chrissie Hynde, right, is interviewed by moderator Bill Flanagan before an audience at the South by Southwest Music Festival and Conference in Austin, Texas, March 17, 2006.
Musician Neil Young, left, greets filmmaker Jonathan Demme after their keynote conversation at the South by Southwest Music Festival and Conference in Austin, Texas, March 16, 2006. Demme directed a film on Young titled "Neil Young: Heart of Gold" that is screening during the festival.
Filmmaker Jonathan Demme, right, and musician Neil Young take part in the keynote conversation at the South by Southwest Music Festival and Conference in Austin, Texas, March 16, 2006.
Musician Neil Young takes part in the keynote conversation at the South by Southwest Music Festival and Conference in Austin, Texas, March 16, 2006.
Neko Case, right, and Todd Fancey of the Canadian indie rock group, The New Pornographers, perform a set during the South by Southwest Music Festival in Austin, Texas, late Wednesday, March 15, 2006.
The Beastie Boys (Adam Yauch, Adam Horovitz and Mike Diamond) finish a question-and-answer session after a South by Southwest Music Festival screening of their new concert film March 15, 2006 in Austin, Texas.
Scotland's Belle and Sebastian (Stevie Jackson, right, and Stuart Murdoch) perform a set during the South by Southwest Music Festival in Austin, Texas, March 15, 2006.
Actress Charlize Theron participates in a SXSW Film Festival music documentary panel in Austin, Texas, Tuesday, March 14, 2006. Theron produced "East of Havana," a documentary on Cuban hip-hop artists.
"East of Havana" producer Charlize Theron, center, along with the film's director Jauretsi Saizabitoria, left, and fellow director Margaret Brown participate in a SXSW Film Festival music documentary panel in Austin, Texas, Tuesday, March 14, 2006. "East of Havana" is a documentary on Cuban hip-hop artists.
Oscar-winning actress Charlize Theron participates in a SXSW Film Festival music documentary panel in Austin, Texas, Tuesday, March 14, 2006. Theron produced "East of Havana," a documentary on Cuban hip-hop artists.
Director Tom Caltabiano, left, and comedian Ray Romano talk to reporters before a South by Southwest screening of "95 Miles to Go" in Austin, Texas, March 13, 2006. The movie documents Romano's tour of small town America. South by Southwest (SXSW) is Austin's annual interactive, film and music festival. The 19-year-old music festival is one of the biggest in the country; interactive and film festivals were added in 1994.
Actors and former TV sitcom co-stars Ray Romano, left, and Brad Garrett visit together following a South by Southwest Film Festival screening of "95 Miles to Go," a movie documenting Romano's tour of small town America. The SXSW Film Festival focuses on new directing talent.
Actor/comedian Ray Romano, left, writer/director Tom Caltabiano, center, and Brad Garrett answer audience questions following a South by Southwest Film Festival screening of "95 Miles to Go" in Austin, Texas, Monday, March 13, 2006. Among the other films shown atthe festival were "Thank You For Smoking" and "A Prairie Home Companion."
Actor/comedian Ray Romano arrives at a South by Southwest Film Festival screening of "95 Miles to Go" in Austin, Texas, Monday, March 13, 2006. The movie documents Romano's unpredictable tour of small town America. The festival continues through Sunday, March 19.
Musician Henry Rollins discusses music and politics during the SXSW Film Festival and Conference in Austin, Texas, Sunday, March 12, 2006. The festival will include performances by such legends as Herbie Hancock and the Beastie Boys.
Singer Erykah Badu, left, gives an interview from the red carpet at a SXSW Film Festival screening of "Before the Music Dies" in Austin, Texas, Sunday, March 12, 2006. Badu and other musicians appear in the new documentary on the digital music industry.
Andy Robin, left, and Gregg Kavet, writers and directors of the film "Live Free or Die," attend the South by Southwest Film Festival March 11, 2006. Kavet and Robin spent six years as writers on NBC's "Seinfeld." Their film won the jury prize for best narrative feature.