Fly composer Quincy Jones to the moon? Only his music rockets into space

September 22nd, 2009 Zeta-Jones, Lansbury set for B'way 'Night Music'NEW YORK — There will be more than a little star power in the upcoming Broadway revival of "A Little Night Music," the Stephen Sondheim-Hugh Wheeler musical. Catherine Zeta-Jones and Angela Lansbury will share top billing in the production which begins preview performances Nov.

September 15th, 2009 Financier donate $10M to NY PhilharmonicNEW YORK — The New York Philharmonic says it will receive a $10 million gift from philanthropist Henry R. Kravis to endow its composer-in-residence program and fund the creation of an award in the field of new music.

August 31st, 2009 Peter Gabriel, Abreu accept Polar Music PrizeSTOCKHOLM, Sweden — Peter Gabriel, founder of the rock group Genesis, and Venezuelan composer Jose Antonio Abreu are sharing this year's Polar Music Prize. The musicians received their awards, worth 1 million kronor ($141,300) each, at a ceremony in Stockholm on Monday.

July 26th, 2009 LONDON - Late King of Pop Michael Jackson had once discussed with a space scientists whether it was possible for him to do his trademark moonwalk on the Moon, says a report. The 'Thriller' hitmaker was said to be very desperate to outdo his popstar rivals by actually making it to the moon to do his famous dance move, in a ten-year 1.2 billion-pound project.

July 19th, 2009 LONDON - As part of a special season to mark the 40th anniversary of the first Moon landing, Scottish singer-songwriter KT Tunstall will be presenting an astronomy-themed show for the BBC. She has been invited to front a Radio 2 broadcast on astronomy, in recognition of her lifelong fascination with everything extraterrestrial.

July 15th, 2009 NEW YORK - When it comes to travelling in space, N Sync star Lance Bass is still game for it, while supermodel Adriana Lima would not mind taking her family and unborn baby along. Talking at the Louis Vuitton Celebrates the 40th Anniversary of the Lunar Landing event, Bass said that he would love to go to space because he has even trained for it.

July 4th, 2009 LONDON - American record producer Quincy Jones has revealed that he has been left heartbroken over King of Pop Michael Jackson's death. Jones, 76, who calls Jackson his "little brother", had been the brains behind the star's biggest albums - 'Off The Wall', 'Bad' and record-breaking 'Thriller'.

July 3rd, 2009 Producer Quincy Jones says Jackson's death surrealLONDON — Legendary music producer Quincy Jones says Michael Jackson's sudden death is too surreal to process. Jones is renowned in the music world for producing Jackson's most successful albums, including the best-selling "Thriller." He told BBC Wales television that he never imagined Jackson would die before him.

July 1st, 2009 WASHINGTON - Quincy Jones has vowed not to attend Michael Jackson's funeral, as he's sure he won't be able to cope with the sadness. The legendary music producer, who was the brains behind the King Of Pop's biggest hit albums, 'Thriller', 'Off The Wall' and 'BAD', is still grieving after the sudden death of his pal.

June 26th, 2009 LONDON - King of Pop Michael Jackson's sudden death on Thursday has left his friends and fans absolutely devastated. The 50-year-old singer is said to have died after suffering a heart attack at his home in Los Angeles.

June 25th, 2009 LONDON - Snoop Dogg has teamed up with Apollo astronaut Buzz Aldrin to record a rap single Rocket Experience. Aldrin, the second man to set foot on the moon, said he had reached his second mission of becoming a rap star, thanks to the collaboration with the hip hop artist.

June 22nd, 2009 Danish-Swedish drama best film at ShanghaiSHANGHAI — The Danish-Swedish drama "Original" won best picture at the 12th Shanghai International Film Festival, with its male lead Sverrir Gudnason named best actor for playing the soul-searching son of a mentally ill mother. Reading from the citation, jury president "Slumdog Millionaire" director Danny Boyle called the debut feature film of Antonio Tublen and Alexander Brondsted "a light, touching and subversive study of mental illness that is both compassionate and never sentimental." Accepting his trophy, Gudnason, who plays a character who tries to stop pleasing others, yelled in delight and said, "This is the best thing that anyone has ever given to me and it's going to keep me going on." The jury said "this young actor's brilliant, sensitive, and humorous performance is absolutely mesmerizing." Simone Tang was named best actress for another Danish film, "Aching Hearts," about the relationship of two high school sweethearts.

June 11th, 2009 Aldrin marks moon trip anniversary with the PopsBOSTON — Buzz Aldrin walked on the moon 40 years ago. Now he's celebrating with some moon tunes performed by the Boston Pops.

June 9th, 2009 Review: 'Moon' a haunting sci-fi taleLOS ANGELES — "Moon" does something extraordinary: It seems familiar and derivative, yet upends your expectations about science fiction and surprises you over and over. Melancholy and mesmerizing, equal parts mystery and character drama, it keeps you guessing until the end.

May 25th, 2009 WASHINGTON - Superproducer Mark Ronson's plans to re-team with pop star Amy Winehouse have reportedly been scrapped, after the latter failed to turn up to the studio to finish their track dedicated to Quincy Jones. Ronson was due to return to the studio with the singer to record a new version of Lesley Gore's 'You Don't Own Me' for an upcoming album, in honour of music industry legend Jones.