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Famous Record Producer Must Serve at Least 18 Years of a Mandatory Life Sentence
A Los Angeles jury convicted Phil Spector of second-degree murder Monday, making the legendary record producer who worked with the Beatles and a host of other pop stars the first celebrity found guilty of murder on Hollywood's home turf in at least 40 years. The verdict read in a tense, standing-room-only courtroom came six years and ...
Exclusive Universal Music Group Releases on "Record Store Day," April 18th
ON SATURDAY, APRIL 18, 2008, HUNDREDS OF INDEPENDENTLY-OWNED MUSIC STORES ACROSS THE COUNTRY WILL CELEBRATE “RECORD STORE DAY.” On this day, all of these stores will simultaneously link and act as one with the purpose of celebrating the culture and unique place that they occupy both in their local communities and nationally. This is the one ...
On-Location Film and TV Shoots in L.A. Hit Lowest Levels on Record
The recession and incentives from other states have caused location work in the region to fall to the lowest levels on record, a FilmL.A. report to be issued today shows. Location filming for movies and TV commercials on the streets of Los Angeles, once as prevalent as the corner taco truck, is rapidly fading to black. ...
Santa Monica Library Lets Public Check out Walking, Talking Sources
Tired of books? Then consult a living, breathing source. Check out a jazz Historian. On Saturday, the Santa Monica Public Library's Living Library Project will feature “a Mormon, an animal rights activist, a police detective, a fat activist, a feminist, a married Jewish lesbian mom, a little person and an ex-gang member," among others. Members of ...
Spector Jury Has Reached a Verdict/ Guilty of second-degree murder
Phil Spector has been convicted of second-degree murder in the fatal shooting of actress Lana Clarkson six years ago. An L.A. Superior Court jury reached its decision against the legendary music producer after nine days of deliberations. An earlier jury deadlocked 10-2 in favor of guilt. The decision means the 69-year-old Spector, famed for his ...
L.A. Acoustic Music Festival Set for June 6-7 on Santa Monica Pier
Kicking off this new musical tradition are Nanci Griffith, Bruce Cockburn, Natalie MacMaster, Richard Thompson, David Lindley, David Bromberg & the Angel Band, Jimmy LaFave, Eliza Gilkyson, Slaid Cleaves, Joel Rafael, Sarah Lee Guthrie & Johnny Irion, The Woody Guthrie Tribute (Ribbon of Highway, Endless Skyway), The Refugees and Stonehoney SANTA MONICA, Calif. — ...
Review: Leonard Cohen at Nokia Theatre L.A. Live
“No matter how old you get, if you can keep the desire to be creative, you're keeping the man-child alive," the actor and filmmaker John Cassavetes once said. Cassavetes, who died at age 59, never really got to test out his assertion. Leave it to his spiritual brother, Leonard Cohen, to prove the point. During his ...
Charlie Kennedy Alto Saxophonist Played in Gene Krupa's Big Band Dies
Charlie Kennedy was in many bands and, as a studio musician, played on the scores for West Side Story and My Fair Lady. Charlie Kennedy, a talented alto saxophonist who was best known for his association with Gene Krupa's big band in the 1940s, has died. He was 81. Kennedy died April 3 of pulmonary disease ...
The Original Disciples of Beethoven Award Honors the Street Musician
Rewarding The Soloist Mr. Ayers' courage, who has touched so many hearts. Steve Lopez on Nathaniel Anthony Ayers They had every kind of trophy you could imagine at House of Trophies in Boyle Heights. Soccer, basketball, baseball, football, even fishing. They had trophies 6 inches tall and 6 feet tall, plaques and desk ornaments too, for ...
With Esa-Pekka Salonen, L.A. Has Been in Good Hands
The prodigious Finn learned a lot from this city. In return, the composer-conductor, about to depart the Los Angeles Philharmonic, has made this a music capital to be envied. In November 1984, a reserved, unknown, 26-year-old Finnish composer made his U.S. debut by conducting the Los Angeles Philharmonic. He looked like a teenage movie star and ...
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