A Star Is Born News

View photos from the BMI Awards. For a few transcendent minutes at the BMI country music awards show Tuesday evening , the denizens of Music Row got a chance to ponder the difference between hits that keep on coming -- and going -- and songs built on emotional bedrock: in this case, the exemplary songs of Kris Kristofferson .

In the 40 years since Judy Garland was found dead of an accidental drug overdose at the age of 47, interest in this most charismatic and contradictory of singers has scarcely diminished.

This onetime associate of Andy Warhol gained a degree of notoriety in the 1960s for her nude stage appearances and other experimental theatrics.

Originally published October 23, 2009 at 4:01 a.m., updated October 23, 2009 at 5:07 a.m. ST.

To be sung to Judy Garland's signature solo, "The Man That Got Away," from Cukor's cinema classic, "A Star Is Born," 1954: The White House lonely Wants health care now and only Progressives bolder Stand by Obama's shoulder And all because of The plan that got away No more the pundits call Reform is in free fall All measures in full stall Still ...

Closer To The Bone Review Posted by Paul Hollingsworth on 10.10.2009 Sounding every bit of his 73 years, Kris Kristofferson delivers what may be his last will and musical testament, but are the songs a fitting summing up for one of music's premier songwriters? Good Morning John - Kris Kristofferson Complete Track Listing: 1. Closer To The Bone 2.

If you're looking for the programme we usually know as Friday Night With Jonathan Ross in today's TV schedules you won't find it.

Kris Kristofferson 's life not only would make a damned good country song, it has already been a damned good country song.

Weekly Music News: Jive Records is having a pretty big week with big news and comebacks from artists like Chris Brown , Ciara , and Britney Spears .

Barbra Streisand discusses her extraordinary life and career in a unique edition of Jonathan Ross's Friday night BBC One show this week - Friday Night With Streisand And Ross.

Barbra Streisand performs at New York's Village Vanguard, Sept. 26, 2009. Countless millions of people around the world have heard Barbra Streisand sing, whether it be on recordings, on stage or on the screen.

Warner Bros.' remake of "A Star Is Born" could be moving toward a due date. The studio has hired up-and-coming writer Will Fetters to do a draft of the script with the aim of pushing forward the long-gestating project.

Beyonce has already proved she's not only a great singer, but a fantastic actress as well.

This is a fruitless endeavor ! What genius over at Warner Bros. thought it was a good idea to remake a Barbra Streisand classic? Regardless of the stoopidty behind it, a remake of A Star Is Born seems to be picking up momentum as a hot new writer has just been signed to draft up the script.

A Star Is Born feels like the epitome of Old Hollywood, with the most famous version of the story starring Judy Garland as a young ingenue and James Mason as the man who makes her famous as his career declines.

Beyonce is being eyed for the lead role in Warner Bros's remake of A Star Is Born, The Hollywood Reporter has learned.

ROBERT 'BUZZ' KNUDSON Knudson amassed a list of nearly 90 credits beginning in the early '70s, working with directors such as Barbra Streisand, above, Hal Ashby, Steven Spielberg, William Friedkin and John Landis.

Here's a look at the past. Items have been culled from The Chronicle's archives of 25, 50, 75 and 100 years ago.

SHAWSHANK, Barbra Streisand, and Norman Wisdom trashing a hospital, in the film guide that's getting its long face lost.

If you have been to the movies recently, the experience might have brought to mind a comment by that social sage, Yogi Berra: "It's dA©jA vu all over again." While Hollywood has never been shy about recycling successful films -- 1954's classic A Star Is Born starring Judy Garland, for example, was a remake of a 1937 film, and was re-remade two ...