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DIED. DUDLEY MOORE, 66, 5-ft. 2-in. British actor whose droopy-eyed, self-effacing manner made him an unlikely Hollywood heartthrob; of pneumonia, stemming from progressive supranuclear palsy, a rare brain disease; in Plainfield, N.J. A talented classical and jazz pianist, Moore was best known for his roles in the 1979 movie 10 (which he nabbed after meeting director Blake Edwards in a therapy group) and the 1981 film Arthur, in which he played a sweet, wealthy drunk. Spurred to perform by a sense of inferiority stemming in part from a clubfoot, the working-class Moore said...
...teen, is bullied by schoolmate Hoshino, (Oshinara Shugo). Among other trials, he is forced to masturbate in front of five other boys. For solace, Yuichi listens to pop idol Lily Chou-Chou and constructs his own identity in an online chat room devoted to her. Yuichi befriends a pianist named Yoko (Ayumi Ito) and she becomes his real-life Lily. But at bully Hoshino's command, Yoko is raped by a gang of the boys. She strips herself of femininity by shaving her head and wearing a coarse tweed cap to school, and Yuichi invests himself ever more deeply...
Leave it to the Beaux Arts Trio to get this fine balance just right. This superb ensemble, founded by pianist Menahem Pressler, performed trios by Schumann and Schubert to an astounded audience at the New England Conservatory’s Jordan Hall on March 16 as part of FleetBoston’s Celebrity Series. It’s not often that a chamber group achieves “celebrity” status, but in the case of the Beaux Arts such success is entirely deserved. Despite juggling members in recent years (violinist Daniel Hope is so new he?...
...debut in Texaco Star Theater; in Los Angeles. DIED. DUDLEY MOORE, 66, British comic actor, musician and star of stage and screen best known for the 1960s act Beyond the Fringe, as well as the films 10 and Arthur; in Plainfield, New Jersey. A talented classical and jazz pianist, the diminutive Moore once said, "If I'd been able to hit someone in the nose, I wouldn't have been a comic." DIED. DOROTHY DELAY, 84, renowned violinist and instructor of some of the finest players to have emerged in the past 30 years; in Upper Nyack, New York. Educated...
...Walk On Me” to rock with “Commerce, TX”, effectively defying categorization. Some songs, particularly “Wasted and Ready” are reminiscent of Weezer, but the most apt comparison is to singer-pianist Ben Folds, particularly on piano-dominated songs like “In Other Words.” Although Kweller is gentler to his piano and his vocals are less jarring than Folds’, their voices sound similar and both use a wide-range of musical styles...