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Spaghetti Western Movie Composer Ennio Morricone Dead at 91
Italian composer Ennio Morricone, who created the coyote-howl theme for the iconic Spaghetti Western “The Good, the Bad and the Ugly” and the soundtracks such as classic Hollywood gangster movies as “The Untouchables,” has died
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Oscar-Winning Composer Ennio Moriconne Dead at 91
Oscar-winning composer Ennio Morricone, best known for the coyote-howl theme for the iconic Spaghetti Western “The Good, the Bad and the Ugly,” died at the age of 91.
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The Fort Greene Home of A Singer-Songwriter
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Women's Hall of Fame Inducts Sotomayor, Fonda, Allred
U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor, actress Jane Fonda and attorney Gloria Allred were among the inductees at the National Women’s Hall of Fame on Saturday. The Class of 2019 inducted into the hall in upstate New York also included activist Angela Davis , attorney Sarah Deer, fashion designer Diane von Furstenberg , retired Air Force fighter pilot Nicole Malachowski,...
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Joaquin Phoenix Discusses Preparing for Role in ‘Joker'
Joaquin Phoenix is having a hard time defining the Joker, but then again, he doesn’t really want to. The actor spent eight months exploring how a struggling stand-up comedian named Arthur Fleck becomes Batman’s antagonist, the villain with a chilling laugh and a love of chaos. Preparing for the role involved losing quite a bit of weight, studying personality disorders...
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‘PianFrancisco' Melts Away the San Francisco Fog With Free Outdoor Concerts
Karl Reichstetter says it all started as a crazy experiment. “I had access to my sister’s piano, and she lived in Bernal (Heights) at the time,” he said. “We just decided we would haul it up the hill about 200 feet from her apartment and see what happened.”
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Latino Actors, Writers Pen ‘Letter of Solidarity' in New York Times Amid Fears
Actresses America Ferrera and Eva Longoria are leading a group of more than 150 writers, artists and leaders who have written a public “letter of solidarity” to U.S. Latinos after the mass shooting in El Paso, Texas, and an immigration raid in Mississippi. The letter, published Friday in The New York Times and in a handful of Spanish-language newspapers, says...
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Towering Broadway Director and Producer Hal Prince Dies at 91
Harold Prince, a Broadway director and producer who pushed the boundaries of musical theater with such groundbreaking shows as “The Phantom of the Opera,” ”Cabaret,” ”Company” and “Sweeney Todd” and won a staggering 21 Tony Awards, has died. Prince was 91. Prince’s publicist Rick Miramontez said Prince died Wednesday after a brief illness in Reykjavik, Iceland.
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'The Lion King' Cast Talks Reimagining Disney Classic
Disney’s “The Lion King” has received no shortage of remakes and spinoffs in the years since its original 1994 release. Now, as the film reaches its silver anniversary, Disney delivers a new take on the animated musical. Cast and crew gathered in Hollywood for “The Lion King” world premiere Tuesday night, and discussed reimagining the classic.
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'The Lion King' Cast Talks Reimagining Disney Classic
Disney’s “The Lion King” has received no shortage of remakes and spinoffs in the years since its original 1994 release. Now, as the film reaches its silver anniversary, Disney delivers a new take on the animated musical. Cast and crew gathered in Hollywood for “The Lion King” world premiere Tuesday night, and discussed reimagining the classic.
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College Admissions Scandal: Who Is Mark Riddell, the ‘Smart Guy' Who Took Tests for Kids?
One day last July, a tall, trim man in his mid-30s boarded a plane in Tampa, flew to Houston and checked into a hotel. There, he was given a copy of the ACT college entrance exam. Guided by a handwriting sample from a California high school student, he took the test in the student’s name. The score: 35 out of...
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College Admissions Scandal: Who Is Mark Riddell, the ‘Smart Guy' Who Took Tests for Kids?
One day last July, a tall, trim man in his mid-30s boarded a plane in Tampa, flew to Houston and checked into a hotel. There, he was given a copy of the ACT college entrance exam. Guided by a handwriting sample from a California high school student, he took the test in the student’s name. The score: 35 out of...
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Exhibits, Panels, Opera, More for Stonewall 50th Anniversary
If it’s Pride Month, there’s gotta be a parade. And there will be, in New York City and places around the country and world. But this year, the 50th anniversary of the Stonewall uprising that fueled the fire for a global LGBTQ movement, there’s also a lot more. From symposiums to movie screenings, walking tours to art exhibits, and even...
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Orchestra Searching for Child Who Charmed Boston Crowd With ‘Wow!'
America’s oldest performing arts group is looking for a child who was literally wowed by a recent classical music concert.
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2020 Dems' Fundraising Docs Show Which Celebs Donated
From Ben Affleck and Susan Sarandon to Anna Wintour and Willie Nelson, celebrities lined up to give money — and a dash of star power — to their favorite Democratic presidential candidates ahead of this week’s first quarter fundraising deadline. For months, candidates in the crowded field of more than a dozen contenders have aggressively courted key figures in music,...
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First Artificial Intelligence Google Doodle Features Bach
Thursday’s animated Google Doodle shows the composer playing an organ in celebration of his March 21, 1685, birthday under the old Julian calendar. It encourages users to compose their own two-measure melody.
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Andre Previn, Oscar-winning Composer, Dies at 89
Andre Previn, the pianist, composer and conductor whose broad reach took in the worlds of Hollywood, jazz and classical music, always rejecting suggestions that his bop ‘n’ blues moonlighting lessened his stature, died Thursday. He was 89.
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Lady Gaga Gives Heartfelt Message After ‘Shallow' Oscar Win
Lady Gaga offered a heartfelt message to those watching the Oscars after “Shallow” from the film “A Star Is Born” won an Academy Award for best original song.
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Boston Symphony Orchestra Wins Grammy Award
Music Director Andris Nelsons and the Boston Symphony Orchestra’s latest Deutsche Grammophon recording featuring Dmitri Shostakovich’s Symphonies Nos. 4 and 11 won two Grammy Awards on Sunday at the 61st annual Grammy Awards: for Best Orchestral Performance and Best Engineered Album (Classical). For the past four years, the BSO has garnered a total of four Grammy Awards. This year also...
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'Wicked' Movie Musical to Fly Into Theaters Christmas 2021
The winds have changed again for the long-awaited movie version of the hit musical “Wicked.”