The musical score of a film can really make it or break it. It can be the difference between making the film a cult classic ...

A s a boy growing up in Beverly Hills, Calif., Randy Newman received an upright piano for his fifth birthday. It was also ...

The performance was visceral and devastating. “Louisiana 1927,” a classic from Randy Newman’s album “Good Old Boys” (1974), could have easily been written any time in the past hundred years.

In 1974, Randy Newman opened his album “Good Old Boys” with “Rednecks,” a song about American racism so honest and shocking — not least because Newman brandishes the N-word in the voice ...

Are we the luckiest people in the world to live in Los Angeles, leading the lives others only dream about? Or is this the most unfair city in the nation, ...

Randy Newman is the subject of a new biography, 'A Few Words in Defense of Our Country,' from longtime Los Angeles Times music critic Robert Hilburn.

Randy Newman, the Sugar Bowl and the Joan of Arc Parade roll in the first week of 2011. Susan Poag / The Times-PicayuneThe metal band Thou, from left, Josh Nee,Woody Johnson, Matthew Thudium, Andy ...

The forgotten 1989 movie Her Alibi may not be on the top of the resume for Tom Selleck or Randy Newman, ... Her Alibi only has an IMDB rating of 5.7 as mystery novelist Selleck becomes the alibi ...

Randy Newman Wins First Oscar After. ... Some have compared O'Connell and Newman to soap-opera actress Susan Lucci, an 18-time Emmy loser until she finally picked up an award in 1999.

Randy Newman talks hitting the romantic notes of Noah Baumbach's "Marriage Story." ... best actor for Driver, best actress for Johansson, ...

Actress, showgirl Beverly Newman dies Thesp and showgirl Beverly Newman, who was married to Oscar-winning music director Lionel Newman, died of natural causes Oct. 21 in Brentwood, Calif. She was 88.

Randy Newman talks hitting the romantic notes of Noah Baumbach's "Marriage Story." ... best supporting actress for Laura Dern — who plays Nicole’s lawyer — and best original screenplay ...