News about John Williams

ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS: Lalo Schifrin and John Williams are great admirers of each other's work, so it's no surprise that Schifrin was allowed to rework Williams's masterpiece. An Argentinian-born American composer, arranger, conductor and pianist, Schifrin is famous for composing the theme for the Mission: Impossible TV series as well as scoring many classic film soundtracks including Dirty Harry, Bullitt and The Amityville Horror. He has always maintained a side career as a jazz musician and his key success in this field was the 1976 album Black Widow, an innovative blend of jazz with the dance-friendly rhythms of the disco scene.

EXCLUSIVE: Five military horses bolted when a lump of concrete or a rock crashed onto the floor during renovation work on the multi-millionaire businessman's townhouse. Three soldiers and a cyclist were injured as the animals galloped through the streets smashing into cars, a taxi and a tourist bus. The Ministry of Defence said six soldiers from the Life Guards and Blues & Royals were on their daily exercise this morning. As they passed through Wilton Crescent in Belgravia builders using a travelator accidentally dropped some rubble onto the floor as the horses passed, an MoD spokesman said.

From a terrifying plot featuring mobster wars to a love story set on a tropical island and compelling historical fiction, check out our critics' picks of the best new books to read this weekend. Our critics have perused hundreds of titles to select the very best of crime , historical and literary fiction - not to mention new releases. So let us help you lie back with a good book and let the weekend drift by...

Tales of life and death, a sleep-deprived mother, and Jack Reacher's return to life are just some of the best new books to sink your teeth into this weekend.

According to West Midlands Police, the woman, who was six months pregnant, was struck by a car in Hill Top, West Bromwich, at about 7.30 p.m. on February 18. The driver escaped the scene, but a 25-year-old man was arrested on suspicion of causing significant bodily harm by reckless driving. He has been released as a result of a fresh probe.

Harrison Ford said in a recent biography of the legendary composer John Williams that his music has been a near-constant presence in his life. Williams, who appeared in Steven Spielberg's legendary Indiana Jones films, was even playing when he acquired colonoscopy. In a profile of the 92-year-old composer for Variety, he joked that 'I often remind John that his music follows me wherever I go.' 'They were playing it on the operating room speakers when I had my last colonoscopy.'

Athens, Georgia's Democrat mayor has brushed off criticism of Laken Riley's assassination of Laken Riley, insisting that the sole responsibility for this offence rests solely on the perpetrator.' After it was revealed that the perpetrator in the student's murder was an undocumented Venezuelan immigrant, protesters launched a riot, with others yelling that he has "blood on (his) hands.' Girtz continued to face the outrage as he warned 'against conflating immigration and crime,' and that Athens does not officially fall under the category of "sanctuary city."

In a 2020 interview with Athens Political Nerds, John Williams, who was then running for sheriff, said, 'it is not my intention, when elected sheriff, to work with those detainers,' referring to the detainers detained by ICE on illegal migrants detained on criminal charges. Residents of Athens-Clarke County are now pointing to Williams following the murder of 22-year-old nursing student Laken Riley, who was allegedly murdered by Jose Ibarra, an illegal immigrant from Venezuela. In the interview, Williams says: "I see it as the sheriff's responsibility to protect the people." We can't help our families deal with a culture of fear, and we can't expect our families to care and support us in times of distress.'

Check out our reviewers' picks of the best new books to read this weekend for enticing debuts, haunting fantasy, paranormal page-turners, and a harrowing account of a war prisoner.

ALISON BOSHOFF: Can anything top the success of Succession after the last series of the hit drama returned home in triumph, sweeping up awards at the Golden Globes and Emmys this month. Jesse Armstrong, the show's British writer, has landed a multi-billion-dollar contract to come up with a new idea for HBO. Armstrong has three or four ideas in mind, but it will not be a Succession spin-off, so there will be no more Tom Wambsgans and Cousin Greg (pictured). Sniff!

It's starting to look a lot like Christmas, which means it's time to get cozy and snuggled up with a holiday classic. FEMAIL has used IMDb to see what the most popular Christmas movies are out there to help you select the right movie to get into the holiday spirit. At first glance, the films in the top ten are what we'd consider modern-day masterpieces - the oldest film to make this list was released in 1988. It's the same motion picture that some holiday purists would not even consider a Christmas film at all. According to IMDb, here are the most popular Christmas movies, ranging from Home Alone and The Santa Clause to Love Actually and The Grinch.

TOM PARKER-BOWLES: To walk into The Ritz Restaurant is to step outside the real world and plunge into a raging riot of naked nymphs, gilded sea gods, and lasciviously ruched drapes. As waiters glide by in pristine tails, opulence drips like rare honey from overly ornate chandeliers.

With 1,168 people in NSW alone, a potentially lethal respiratory virus that few people even know exists is on the rise in Australia. Human metapneumovirus (HMPV) can cause elevated and lower respiratory disease in both ages groups, but it poses a greater danger to young children, older adults, and people with impaired immune systems. Despite the fact that it usually causes a mild infection similar to the common cold, nasal congestion, coughing, shortness of breath, and a fever, it can also lead to bronchitis or pneumonia, especially among those with immunocompromised status, such as people with cancer.

In the Classic FM Movie Music Hall Of Fame 2023, the Lord Of The Rings soundtrack was named the nation's favorite film song. Howard Shore's score put them ahead of Schindler's List, which was runner-up, and Star Wars, which came in third. In a vote to find the country's most popular piece of film music, more than 10,000 votes were cast by members of the public. On Classic FM, the top 100 were played before chat show host and radio host Jonathan Ross revealed the number one right before 7 p.m. on Monday.

IAN HERBERT: It can be the books that managers choose to read first that reveal the most at times like this. Roy Hodgson was reading Stoner, the 1960s American John Williams' book about an unsensational, conservative academic who is patient, earnest, enduring, and steadfast in equal measure before one of the tournaments led the England men's team into. In so many ways, Hodgson is the protagonist. Sarina Wiegman does not read novels - only non-fiction books - so it adds up. She seems so fixated on the here and now, the exact tactical and interpersonal dynamics of the squad, the challenge, all the possible reasons and wherefores of the next 90 minutes, that you would not have to abandon another world before turning off the lights. Wiegman said her team's work was complete and that no need to watch videos of their previous match against Spain was necessary.

XclusIVE - BY ISAAN KHAN: Since allegations of child exploitation were made against him, four-time paedophile cricket coach Michael Strange was released to educate children up to six months. Police in Northumbe will have confirmed to Mail Sport that charges relating to the abuse of young cricketers in the North East by ex-Durham coach and scout Strange were first reported in November 2004. Despite the fact that they didn't notify the ECB until July 2005 - a further eight months later. This was two months after the paedophile was detained in May 2005, when the national governing body issued an interim suspension. In April 2006, he was banned from all cricket play permanently.

We're covering the most recent initiatives in POPSUGAR's series "In Our Queue," looking at what works and what doesn't. Victoria Edel is this week on "Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny." The "Indiana Jones" films have always been concerned about the past. That's built right into the story; Harrison Ford's nomendicible Indiana is an archaeologist obsessed with finding buried treasures of civilisations long past. However, "Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny" in June launches this month by making us think about the future. It's 1969, and the Apollo 11 astronauts have just returned home from their mission to the moon, and Dr. Jones is a little like a relic.

Exclusively BY ISAAN KHAN: The ECB has contacted Northumbria Police to inquire into the launch of an investigation into quadruple-convicted paedophile Michael Strange, who is serving his first prison term. Despite receiving four jail sentences in a decade, Mail Sport revealed to the national governing body that they had failed to launch an inquiry into ex-Durham scout Strange, despite him receiving four jail sentences in a decade - the most recent was just last year. Such cases are being "swept under the carpet" in cricket, according to one lawyer, while Mail Sport announced yesterday that an ECB study investigating safeguarding steps has yet to be announced seven years after the Andy Woodward football abuse scandal was not announced seven years ago.

The first-ever Indiana Jones film "Raiders of the Lost Ark" is the first-ever Indiana Jones film, and it is widely regarded as the best of the bunch. In 1936, Indy races against a Nazi archaeologist who wants the Ark of the Covenant, which is supposed to make an army invisible. It was the highest-grossing film of 1981. It features composer John Williams' iconic score, as well as the immediately recognisable Indiana Jones theme.

They're triggering illnesses that affect millions of people every year - and often more than once. But don't necessarily blame the runny nose to flu, RSV, or Covid. Human metapneumovirus (hMPV), a common disease that few even know exists, is the leading cause of acute respiratory infections. The virus, which can also cause fever and cough (shown in graphic), is also responsible for wheezing in more severe situations, and after cases shot up to historic highs this spring, to increased levels in the United States.

Human metapneumovirus (HMPV), which can cause bronchitis and pneumonia, rose to new heights in spring, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's respiratory virus surveillance programs. Despite showing symptoms, it may explain why so many people were negative for flu and Covid in recent months. HMPV, according to Dr. John Williams, a pediatrician at the University of Pittsburgh who has spent his career researching vaccines and treatments for HMPV, is "the most common virus you've never heard about."

GRAEME SOUNESS: If you are a small club with little funds and struggling to make the sums add up, you are hoping for someone to call and ask for one of your players, Chelsea is the one you want to hear about right now. They've just paid Enzo Fernandez a British record £105 million, owing to just 29 games for Benfica and a role in Argentina's World Cup winning team, with the first £40 million up front. Well, on the basis of my 18 months as Benfica's manager in the late Nineties, I can say without a doubt that the boy's limited involvement in the Primeira Liga shows us very little about whether he will live up to that price tag or the intensity of the Premier League.

Exclusive BY ALEX BYWATER Sir Gareth Edwards has now spent 50 years writing about what is widely believed to have been the best attempt on a rugby field. Edwards died today, half a century after the Barbarians made a long-to-field move against New Zealand in Cardiff, 1973. The score is so iconic that many rugby fans, regardless of their age, will recall it or at least be aware of it.

The 2023 Golden Globes brought us right to school — Abbott Elementary, that is. The double-Gs returned to both their broadcast home, NBC, and the Beverly Hilton in Los Angeles on Tuesday night, after a turbulent few years for the awards show and the Hollywood Foreign Press Association. Jerrod Carmichael hosted — as he said in his monologue, he was simply asked because he is black, and he said yes simply for the money.