Randy Newman
Though he perhaps was most famous during the 1960s and 1970s for writing quirky, darkly funny, or sharply satirical songs that often painted vivid portraits detailing the foibles and lives of lifelike...
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BirthDate BirthPlace |
11/27/1943
Los Angeles, CA |
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BEST OF: 20 Stunning Soundtracks for 1999
August 15, 2001 10:04am ESTSANTA MONICA, Calif., Dec. 28, 1999 -- What do the Golden Globes know anyway? Last week, voters nominated John Williams' underwhelming "Angela's Ashes" at the expense of his more stirring work for "Star Wars: Episode One - The Phantom Menace." And what of Marc Shaiman's brilliant satire of the musical theater, in the form of "South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut"? Snubbed. Well, we're here to set things right.Which soundtracks broke new ground, broke our hearts and broke down barriers with crosso
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Billboard Music Awards
August 15, 2001 10:04am ESTLAS VEGAS, Nev., Dec. 6, 2000 -- Call it musical "Smackdown." The 2000 Billboard Music Awards featured some of the rowdiest wrestling and name-calling not associated with the WWF. And that's just from the hosts. Held Tuesday night at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas and hosted by 'N Sync and actress Kathy Griffin, the telecast kicked off with the pep-rally cattle call "Who Let the Dogs Out" performed by the Baha Men and soon turned into an episodic comedy with some well-engineered face-of
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Jackson Tribute Turmoil Dismissed
August 12, 2001 7:57am ESTJermane and Randy Jackson have confirned their presence at the Michael Jackson: 30 Anniversary Celebration, The Solo Years event in September.
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'Toy Story 2' edges out 'Green Mile'
July 31, 2001 12:30pm ESTThere was a close race for first place between Buena Vista/Disney and Pixar's animated blockbuster "Toy Story 2" and Warner Bros. and Castle Rock Entertainment's opening of the drama "The Green Mile." Based on Sunday's estimates, the G-rated "Toy 2" held on to the top spot on the chart, but only by a nose. When the box office dust settles Monday, it is possible that because the two films were so close in the estimates, they could wind up reversing positions. Working against "Mile" was the fact
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MP3.com sued--again
May 16, 2001 10:28am ESTSinger-songwriters Randy Newman, Tom Waits and sisters Ann and Nancy Wilson of the rock band Heart filed a $40 million copyright infringement on Tuesday against the popular San Diego-based Web site MP3.com. The suit claims that MP3.com illegally copied several thousand of the plaintiffs' songs digitally from their CDs and turned them into MP3 files for the site's My.MP3 service, which permits users to register their personal collection and access the music on any computer over the Web. The compa
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Robin Williams to 'Blame Canada'
March 19, 2001 11:50am ESTSANTA MONICA, Calif., March 18, 2000 -- Finally, some good news for Oscar. Star-crossed Academy organizers solved at least one of their headaches Friday, confirming that Robin Williams will perform the nominated (and R-rated) "South Park" ditty "Blame Canada" on the March 26 Oscar telecast. "How it's going to be presented is going to be a surprise of the night," an Academy spokeswoman tells Reuters. At first glance, the Williams move seems brilliant: What better way to encourage mild-mannered A
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Here's to the Oscar Nominees Who Lunch
March 19, 2001 11:50am ESTBEVERLY HILLS, Calif., March 13, 2000 -- You're within spitting distance of some of the world's biggest stars and movie personalities. You've got mere minutes to ask the right questions that will shed light on their feelings about what it's like to be nominated for an Oscar. Tom Cruise But here's the problem: You're corralled into a roomful of other reporters, who all want to ask the same questions. And some of their voices are louder than yours. Welcome to the annual Oscar Nominees' Lunch
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NEWSMAKERS: Hollywood Invades the Grammys
December 31, 1899 7:00pm ESTSANTA MONICA, Calif., Jan. 4, 2000 -- They might not win Oscars, but several singer/actors/divas are up for Grammys. Nominations for the 42nd Grammy Awards, honoring the would-be best in music, were announced in Los Angeles today -- and the list of hopefuls reads like a who's-who in movieland, with Jennifer Lopez ("Out of Sight"), Courtney Love ("Man in the Moon") and Cher ("Tea With Mussolini") among those making the cut. Here's a look at some of the key Grammy races involving Hollywood types:
