Hughes 'inspired' By Prisoner's PlightSeptember 28th, 2009 KEANE star RICHARD HUGHES was so inspired by his visit to a prisoner on death row in the U.S. on Friday (25Sep09), he has vowed to help him fight the "extreme" sentence.
Bruce & Birthday Boy Brubeck Land Kennedy Center HonoursSeptember 9th, 2009 BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN and jazz great DAVE BRUBECK are to be honoured with Kennedy Center honours when officials at the U.S. cultural mecca hand out accolades at a gala in December (09).
Yo-Yo Ma, Placido Domingo, Boston cardinal to play prominent roles at Kennedy funeralAugust 28th, 2009 Yo-Yo Ma, Domingo to perform at Kennedy funeralBOSTON — Cellist Yo-Yo Ma and tenor Placido Domingo will perform at the funeral Mass for Sen. Edward Kennedy.
Rocker Quits To Become A Funeral DirectorAugust 26th, 2009 Rocker QUINN LUKAS is to quit cult band ICARUS WITCH so he can study to become a funeral director. The guitarist will play his final show for the Pennsylvania-based heavy metal act on 17 September (09), according to Blabbermouth.net.
SIMPLE MINDS PLAN HUGHES TRIBUTEAugust 12th, 2009 British rockers SIMPLE MINDS are planning to honour late moviemaker JOHN HUGHES on their upcoming world tour - by dedicating their classic track DON’T YOU (FORGET ABOUT ME) to his memory. The track was featured in Hughes' seminal 1985 film The Breakfast Club and is also the title of a new documentary about the director, who died of a heart attack in New York last week (06Aug09) aged 59.
John Hughes mourned at private service in Illinois; writer-director died at 59 in NYCAugust 12th, 2009 John Hughes mourned at private service in IllinoisLAKE FOREST, Ill. — Filmmaker John Hughes is being remembered by family and friends who gathered in a Chicago suburb for a private funeral.
Comedian Ben Stein loses NY Times business column after pitching for credit monitoring companyAugust 8th, 2009 Ben Stein loses NY Times column over endorsementNEW YORK — Monotone TV personality Ben Stein has been stripped of his Sunday New York Times business column because of his work as a pitchman for a credit monitoring company. New York Times spokeswoman Catherine Mathis released a statement Friday that said the newspaper decided it would not be appropriate for Stein to pitch for FreeScore.com while writing his column.
John Hughes dies at 59August 7th, 2009 The director of hit films like The Breakfast Club, Ferris Bueller's Day Off and Pretty in Pink was 59 when he collapsed and died while walking in Manhattan, New York on Thursday (06Aug09)
Hughes was the father of two children and he happened to move out of limelight in the 1990s to run a farm in his native Illinois. Curly Sue made in 1991 was his last film as a director, he had also written the screenplays for Drillbit Taylor in 2008’s, and Jennifer Lopez's Maid in Manhattan in 2002
John Hughes was also the man behind the Home Alone and Beethoven film franchises.
John Hughes: dies at 59August 7th, 2009 Famous director and screen-writer John Hughes died due to heart attack on Thursday. He was 59. The last film he directed was "Curly Sue," in 1991.
BRAT PACK LEADER JOHN HUGHES DEAD AT 59August 6th, 2009 Brat Pack director JOHN HUGHES has died after suffering a heart attack. The man behind hit films like The Breakfast Club, Ferris Bueller's Day Off and Pretty in Pink was 59 when he collapsed and died while walking in Manhattan, New York on Thursday (06Aug09).
STARS PAY TRIBUTE TO HUGHESAugust 6th, 2009 STEVE MARTIN, MACAULAY CULKIN and MATTHEW BRODERICK are leading the tributes to director JOHN HUGHES, who died on Thursday (06Aug09). Hughes passed away after suffering a heart attack while out walking in Manhattan, New York.
Writer Langston Hughes' boyhood home in Ohio sold in foreclosure, bank to put it on marketJuly 22nd, 2009 Langston Hughes house in Ohio sold in foreclosureCLEVELAND — A boyhood home of writer Langston Hughes has been sold in foreclosure in Cleveland. The 2½-story, wood-frame house on the city's east side was sold at a sheriff's auction in February for $16,667.
Ryan O'Neal bans son from attending Farrah Fawcett's funeralJuly 2nd, 2009 WASHINGTON - American actor Ryan O'Neal is said to have banned his estranged son Griffin from attending Farrah Fawcett's funeral on June 30, as he is "a bad guy". Griffin O'Neal, 44, insisted that the late actress would have wanted him at the funeral, and that she would have been upset that he could not attend to say his last farewell.
Friday funeral services planned for TV pitchman Billy Mays in his hometown near PittsburghJune 30th, 2009 Friday funeral in Pa. for TV pitchman Billy MaysMCKEES ROCKS, Pa.
Private funeral plans announced for Farrah Fawcett in LAJune 28th, 2009 Private funeral plans announced for Farrah FawcettLOS ANGELES — A private funeral service will be held Tuesday for Farrah Fawcett at the Cathedral of Our lady of the Angels in downtown Los Angeles. Church officials say the service is set for 4 p.m.
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