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Dog Days of Summer Playlist: Volume 2

Phil Ramone and Danielle Evin | Posted 09.21.2009 | Entertainment


Phil Ramone and Danielle Evin

This week's column features music by the B-52's, The Smashing Pumpkins, Nina Simone, Jeff Buckley, The Wallflowers and Pink Floyd.

AFI Pretends Again to Honor Hollywood

Robert J. Elisberg | Posted 08.21.2009 | Entertainment


Robert J. Elisberg

If the AFI is going to honor lifetime achievement in film, they should do so. For starters, how about Neil Simon? He's one of the few screenwriters whose name the public actually recognizes.

The Best Original Movie Scores By Farr

John Farr | Posted 04.29.2009 | Entertainment


John Farr

Surveying the historical span of filmmaking, the use of original music appears more prevalent from the dawn of sound through the 1970s -- or perhaps it's just that the scores themselves were more memorable over this period.