The Godfather star James Caan has died at the age of 82, his family has confirmed. The news was confirmed on his social media channels on Thursday evening (July 7).
23.06.2022 - 04:59 / msn.com
Hair, which groundbreakingly paved the way for rock music on Broadway, has died. He was 90. Rado passed away on Tuesday night (21 June) in New York City of cardio respiratory arrest, according to his publicist and long-time friend Merle Frimark.
In 1964 Rado met Gerome Ragni – with whom he would later co-create Hair – during a performance of the Off-Broadway show Hang Down Your Head and Die. The two bonded and began writing songs together, and in 1967 they wrote the lyrics and story for Hair, with music by Galt MacDermot. It became the first rock musical on Broadway, making it possible for others like Jesus Christ Superstar and Rent to successfully follow.
It also featured the first same-sex kiss and full nudity on Broadway. Labelled as the “American tribal love-rock musical”, it had its world premiere at the Public Theatre in NYC in 1967, before transferring to Broadway the following year. Hair ran for more than 1,800 performances and starred Rado as Claude, a young man about to be drafted and sent to the Vietnam war.
While it ultimately lost at the 1969 Tony Awards to the more traditional musical 1776, Hair went on to win a Grammy Award that same year. Forty years later, in 2009, it won the Best Revival Tony Award. From news to politics, travel to sport, culture to climate – The Independent has a host of free newsletters to suit your interests.
The Godfather star James Caan has died at the age of 82, his family has confirmed. The news was confirmed on his social media channels on Thursday evening (July 7).
James Wallington is not just the winner of The Amazing Race season 32, he’s a reality TV superfan, which he hoped would help him heading into compete on The Challenge: USA.
Anitta and Rita Ora are enjoying a fashionable night out together.
Much-loved Canadian comedian Nick Nemeroff has passed away suddenly at the age of 32. His family took to his Instagram and Twitter accounts to announce his shock death, posting a number of sweet snaps of the comic, as they described him as a "comics comic" and a "hit with crowds".The family wrote: "It is with profound sadness that we announce the sudden passing of our beloved brother Nick Nemeroff". They continued: "Nick’s dedication to standup was formidable, and produced amazing results.
Michelle Obama is like all of us, loves the new Beyoncé songKhloe Kardashian talks about anxiety as she cries over hot wingsMy thoughts on the Supreme Court's decision to overturn Roe v. Wade. pic.twitter.com/9ALSbapHDYMichelle Obama shared a lengthy statement, sharing how “heartbroken” she was over the Supreme Court’s decision.
the tweet read from Kelly, who is a periodic guest on Tucker Carlson’s primetime Fox News show and hosts a nationally syndicated radio program. The tweet also featured a photo of Carter’s son, screengrabbed from a social media post. “This year’s selected Grand Marshal, Haley Carter, has voluntarily stepped down after receiving threats of harm to herself and her family and will not be participating in any of the Fourth of July activities,” the Friendswood Parks and Recreation Department said in a statement Thursday.
APPOINTMENTSWarner Music has announced that its CEO Stephen Cooper is standing down, although only once a new chief has been appointed, which could take more than a year. Cooper became Chair of Warner Music in July 2011 following its acquisition by Access Industries. He then took on the CEO role the following month.
Sasha Urban editorJames Rado, the co-creator of the era-defining rock musical “Hair,” died in New York City on Tuesday evening, according to the Associated Press. He was 90.“Hair: The American Tribal Love-Rock Musical” premiered in 1968, receiving a best musical nomination at the 1969 Tony Awards and winning best musical at the Grammys that year.
Tom Hanks is “a man of many hats,” one being “a man who will show up at a wedding, invited or not.”
James Rado, who along with his friend and writing partner Gerome Ragni created Broadway’s seminal Age of Aquarius musical Hair, died peacefully Tuesday evening of cardio respiratory arrest in New York City, surrounded by family. He was 90.
K.J. Yossman Director James Marsh is set to direct a new hybrid animated documentary feature for Submarine and Sandpaper Films.“Oasis, Saving the Baghdad Zoo” (working title), is a feature-length animated documentary partly based on “Babylon’s Ark,” the book about a year-long rescue mission of animals abandoned across Baghdad by Saddam Hussein and his son Uday.Billed as a 21st century Noah’s Ark, the film will show how a team of American soldiers, Iraqi zookeepers, and international volunteers tended to lions, camels, bears, exotic birds, monkeys, pigs and even an ocelot in the middle of a brutal war, risking their own lives in the process.
Elvis star and his wife can be seen leaving a restaurant in New York, before being approached by fans on the way.After Wilson was caused to trip up by fans asking for selfies, she was filmed firmly telling one person to “stop it”.Hanks then shouted, “That is my wife, back the fuck off,” before scorning the group for “knocking over my wife.”Take a look at the footage here:if Tom Hanks yelled and looked at me like that I think I would feel shame forever https://t.co/trExAgfRSh— i bless the rains down in castamere (@Chinchillazllla) June 16, 2022Meanwhile, Tom Hanks recently said he thinks he couldn’t play a gay lawyer in Philadelphia today.“Could a straight man do what I did in Philadelphia now? No, and rightly so,” Hanks told The New York Times Magazine.“The whole point of Philadelphia was don’t be afraid. One of the reasons people weren’t afraid of that movie is that I was playing a gay man.” Hanks added: “We’re beyond that now.”“I don’t think people would accept the inauthenticity of a straight guy playing a gay guy,” he went on.“It’s not a crime, it’s not boohoo, that someone would say we are going to demand more of a movie in the modern realm of authenticity.