RIP



AP
Marvin Hamlisch, who composed the scores for dozens of movies including "The Sting" and won a Tony for "A Chorus Line," has died in Los Angeles at 68.

Family spokesman Jason Lee said Hamlisch died Monday after a brief illness. Other details aren't being released.

Hamlisch's career included composing, conducting and arranging music from Broadway to Hollywood.

The composer won every major award in his career, including three Academy Awards, four Emmys, a Tony and three Golden Globes.

His music colored some of film and Broadway's most important works.

Hamlisch composed more than 40 film scores, including "Sophie's Choice," "Ordinary People" and "Take the Money and Run." He won his third Oscar for his adaptation of Scott Joplin's music for "The Sting." On Broadway, Hamlisch received the Pulitzer Prize for long-running favorite "The Chorus Line" and wrote "The Goodbye Girl" and "Sweet Smell of Success." A news release from his publicist said he was scheduled to fly to Nashville, Tenn., this week to see a production of his hit musical, "The Nutty Professor."

Hamlisch earned his place in American culture through his music, but he also had a place in popular culture. Known for his nerdy look, complete with thick eyeglasses, that image was sealed on NBC's "Saturday Night Live" during Gilda Radner's "Nerd" sketches. Radner, playing Lisa Loopner, would swoon over Hamlisch.

Hamlisch was principal pops conductor for symphony orchestras in Pittsburgh, Milwaukee, Dallas, Pasadena, Seattle and San Diego. He was to be announced to the same position with the Philadelphia Orchestra and also was due to lead the New York Philharmonic during its upcoming New Year's Eve concert.

He leaves behind a legacy in film and music that transcended far beyond notes on the page. As illustrative as the scenes playing out in front of the music, his scores helped define some of Hollywood's most iconic works.

I didn't read it, Maggot. I stopped immediately when you told me to. I'm so obedient.

Now I'm afraid to go back into that thread.

(08-07-2012, 06:34 PM)Duchess Wrote:

I didn't read it, Maggot. I stopped immediately when you told me to. I'm so obedient.

(08-05-2012, 09:37 PM)sally Wrote:

(08-05-2012, 03:43 AM)pspence Wrote: I don't really know or hang with a lot of Jewish people but do admire their strength to overcome with such dignity...none of their children ever get adopted...family always takes them in...they set each other up in business...they're certainly not on any welfare roles...

They take care of each other untill they're in trouble and then they sell each other out instead of fighting to the end. Don't ever trust a Jew, Pspence.

(08-07-2012, 07:02 PM)Riotgear Wrote: Almost as interesting as the 'reasoning' behind their claim to the land they call Israel.

Thank you all (well, most of you) for being so brilliantly abnormal. Thank you for your wit, thank you for your humor, thank you for your wonderful intellect. I've found something to appreciate in you & I couldn't be more delighted that you are MY Mockers.

I lie like a rug.

(08-08-2012, 05:38 PM)Riotgear Wrote: I figured.

I had second thoughts after I showed sincerity & I needed to rectify it immediately.

I can't have you people thinking I'm fond of you for christssake, I'll be ruined.

(08-08-2012, 05:49 PM)Riotgear Wrote: Yeah you wouldn't want that. Iron fist I always say.

the penis museum.

slideshow at link.

(08-09-2012, 09:17 AM)LuciferLynn Wrote: Turns out everything he said about me never being able to make it without him was just not true.

(08-09-2012, 09:17 AM)LuciferLynn Wrote: I'm buying a new car tomorrow. An audi. I'm super stoked. My old car, a dodge avenger, was the last material link holding me to my ex. He wouldn't stop bitching about it so I took it to his house and parked it and told him if he wanted it so fucking bad, if he's so fucking worried about it, he could keep it. Its in his name and I'm sick of making payments on a vehicle I don't own. Last I heard it was repoed and he was going to file bankruptcy. I'm paying cash for this car so no payments and its mine all mine. Its made him absolutely crazy that since leaving him I've bought a 4 bedroom house (that I also paid cash for), bought a nicer car than the one I had before and don't need anything at all from him. Turns out everything he said about me never being able to make it without him was just not true.