Short Biography
Ira Newborn (1949- ) is an American musician and composer, best known for his work composing motion picture soundtracks. Among the many movies Newborn has scored or for which he’s written songs are Sixteen Candles, Weird Science, ''Ferris Bueller's Day Off, Uncle Buck, P... Read More...
Betty Freeman, renowned patron of Philip Glass and other modern ... - KESQ News BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. (AP) - Betty Freeman, a patron to such contemporary musical masters as John Cage and Philip Glass, has died. She was 87. Freeman's daughter Shelley Butler said today Freeman died Saturday of pancreatic cancer at her Beverly ...
Merle Haggard claims environmental group illegally solicited money in ... - Hartford Courant NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Country star Merle Haggard has sued an environmental awareness group, claiming it illegally used his name and likeness to raise money. The lawsuit was filed Thursday in Chancery Court against the Green Train and its founder ...
Fidel Castro a no-show at revolution event - International Herald Tribune With music and dance, but absent Fidel Castro, Cuba marked on Thursday the 50th anniversary of the former leader's triumphant arrival in Havana after ousting a U.S.-backed dictator in a guerrilla uprising. President Raul Castro, accompanied by ...
