Coltrane Fears End Of PotterOctober 9th, 2009 Heavyweight actor ROBBIE COLTRANE dreads the day the HARRY POTTER movie franchise ends - because he has no idea where his next job will come from. The Scottish star shot to international fame with his role as Hagrid in the blockbusting wizard movies, but admits he fears for the future when shooting on the last installment - Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - ends.
Wilson Lands Gershwin HonourOctober 9th, 2009 BEACH BOYS star BRIAN WILSON has been given permission to complete and record jazz legend GEORGE GERSHWIN's unfinished works by the composer's estate. The Good Vibrations hitmaker will attempt to finish a handful of compositions Gershwin failed to complete before his death in 1937, and release them on a planned 2010 album of the jazz age great's classics.
Photographer Penn Dies At 92October 8th, 2009 Legendary photographer IRVING PENN has died at the age of 92. Penn was best known for his fashion photography, still-life imagery and portraits.
George Michael 'came close to nervous breakdown after split'October 6th, 2009 LONDON - Singer George Michael had come close to a nervous breakdown after his split with partner Kenny Goss, it has emerged. The 'Careless Whisper' hitmaker's lover had left him after he was arrested for possessing drugs last year.
Streisand Wows Jazz Club After 48 YearsSeptember 28th, 2009 BARBRA STREISAND impressed celebrity fans with an intimate performance at a New York City jazz club on Saturday (26Sep09) - 48 years after she opened at the venue to sing for MILES DAVIS. Streisand sang at the Village Vanguard in 1961 on the same bill as the jazz legend, before she earned a large fanbase at local clubs in downtown Manhattan and became a Grammy-winning superstar.
Celebrated Composer Kirchner DiesSeptember 20th, 2009 Pulitzer Prize-winning composer LEON KIRCHNER has died of congestive heart failure. He was 90. Kirchner died on Thursday (17Sep09) at his Manhattan, New York home.
Disney Star Davis-mcghee DiesAugust 25th, 2009 Former Disney star VIRGINIA DAVIS-MCGHEE has died, aged 90. Davis-McGhee, who became Walt Disney’s first film star at the age of four, died on 15 August (09) at her home in Corona, California.
Actress Davis Dies At 90August 18th, 2009 Former child star VIRGINIA DAVIS, known as WALT DISNEY's first movie star, has died. She was 90 years old.
Rashied Ali, free-jazz drummer who recorded with Coltrane in 1960s, dies in NYC at 76August 14th, 2009 Rashied Ali, free-jazz drummer, dies in NYC at 76NEW YORK — Rashied Ali, a free-jazz drummer who backed John Coltrane and accompanied him in a duet album in the final months of the jazz master's life, has died. He was 76. The Philadelphia native died at Manhattan's Bellevue Hospital of a blood clot in his lung on Wednesday, said his wife, Patricia Ali.
Tony Bennett, Dave Brubeck spin magic in first performance together in 47 years at NewportAugust 11th, 2009 Bennett, Brubeck first gig in together in 50 yearsNEWPORT, R.I. — Tony Bennett and Dave Brubeck spun some of their old magic when they performed together for only the second time in their 60-plus-year careers.
Grammy winner Chaka Khan leads entertainment lineup 55th jazz festival in Rhode IslandAugust 7th, 2009 Chaka Khan leads lineup at RI jazz festivalNEWPORT, R.I. — Grammy-winning singer Chaka Khan leads the list of entertainers at the Newport Jazz Festival, which celebrates its 55th anniversary this weekend.
'Sex n the city' star Kristin Davis dating celebrity photographerJuly 29th, 2009 WASHINGTON - 'Sex and the City' star Kristin Davis seems to have now found love in celebrity photographer Russell James. "It's been going on for a bit now.
Fly composer Quincy Jones to the moon? Only his music rockets into spaceJuly 20th, 2009 Jones won't fly to the moon _ but his music didWASHINGTON — Quincy Jones won't fly to the moon — but his music did. As the crew of Apollo 11 rocketed toward their historic moon landing on July 20, 1969, astronaut Buzz Aldrin listened to Jones' arrangement of Frank Sinatra's "Fly Me to the Moon."
In a phone interview from Marbella, Spain, Jones told AP Radio that when he heard the news from Sinatra, it was "like something that's surrealistic.
Sonny Rollins, Maria Schneider each win 3 awards at the Jazz AwardsJune 18th, 2009 Sonny Rollins, Maria Schneider win at jazz awardsNEW YORK — Jazz legend Sonny Rollins is still collecting trophies. He was one of the big winners at this year's Jazz Awards.
Rafael Escalona, treasured Colombian composer and performer of vallenato, dies at 81May 14th, 2009 Rafael Escalona, vallenato legend, dies at 81BOGOTA — Rafael Escalona, the prolific composer and performer of vallenato classics that define the Colombian-born genre, has died of cancer. He was 81. His son and namesake confirmed Escalona's death on Wednesday at a hospital in the Colombian capital.
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