Here are some examples of how presidential candidates are using music in their campaigns: HILLARY CLINTON Katy Perry's "Roar" might be the unofficial theme song for Secretary Clinton's White House…
Burt Bacharach, who's being honored at the Newport Beach Film Festival with its Legends Award, is a kind of anomaly in modern pop. With lyricist Hal David, the composer was responsible for more than…
Phedon papamichael might not have the name identification of such fellow directors of photography as Emmanuel "Chivo" Lubezki or Roger Deakins, but his status among his peers is no less elite. He has…
Performing rights organization Broadcast Music, Inc. is presenting its career achievement laurel, the BMI Icon Award, to composer James Newton Howard at its 2016 Film & Television Awards (May 11) at…
The COLCOA French Film Festival (April 18-26) is celebrating its 20th year with its most ambitious program yet, bolstered by it's first-ever TV competition, four world premieres, a special tribute to…
At around midpoint in her show at the Orpheum Theatre on Friday, the first of a two-night stint at the refurbished movie palace in downtown L.A., the audience spontaneously peppered Joanna Newsom…
At a newly stripped-down American Society for Composers, Authors and Publishers Screen Music Awards, its 31st annual, at the Beverly Hilton's International Ballroom on Thursday night, Craig Armstrong…
KCRW's Apogee Sessions, named after the Santa Monica recording studio where these intimate performances/chats take place, remain one of the more sought-after tickets in a town where live music is so…
For its 16th edition, the World Soundtrack Awards will introduce a new award: Best Original Score for Television Series & Miniseries, to be featured side by side with the program's traditional…
Keith Emerson, the flamboyant, English prog-rock pioneer who rose to fame as the keyboardist for supergroup Emerson, Lake & Palmer in the '70s, died in Santa Monica on Thursday at age 71. Although…
Given that eating is as essential as getting out of bed in the morning, foodie entertainment would seem to have universal appeal. But cuisine-centric television aside — partly fed by the nation's…
