JAZZ LP, CONCERT TOUR IN JONI MITCHELL'S FUTURE.Byline: Marilyn Beck & Stacy Jenel Smith Joni Mitchell's in the thick of recording her next album - which will be a collection of jazz standards. The pioneering singer/songwriter will include a new version of one of her own classics, ``Both Sides Now,'' which may well become the album title. And once it's ready, she's planning to head out on a concert tour, for which she will be - get this - backed by a big band. Joni was in fine form at this week's American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers The American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP) is a non-profit performance rights organisation that protects its members' musical copyrights by monitoring public performances of their music, whether via a broadcast or live performance, and compensating Pop Music Awards, where she was recognized with the ASCAP ASCAP abbr. American Society of Composers, Authors, and Publishers Founders Award - and where her old pal Stevie Wonder brought the crowd to its feet and Joni to tears with his rendition of her song ``Woodstock.'' Seeing the two music icons together was memorable in itself, as Mitchell had Wonder's arm through much of the evening, shepherding him around the event and occasionally giving him hugs. ``This being the last ASCAP Pop Awards of the millennium, it's fitting we should honor a woman,'' ASCAP chieftain - and songsmithing great - Marilyn Bergman told this column. Pointing to the likes of Lauryn Hill and Sarah McLachlan, Bergman noted she believes women will become more and more of a driving force in the music industry as the next century dawns. ``When I started in the business, there were so few women. ... Joni really paved the way for all the new stars,'' Bergman added. Meanwhile ... There was certainly no shortage of female music power at the Beverly Hilton Hotel event, where Brian McKnight was also among the performers. Janet Jackson, who presented Joni's award, came and went fast, almost incognito in·cog·ni·to adv. & adj. With one's identity disguised or concealed. n. pl. in·cog·ni·tos 1. One whose identity is disguised or concealed. 2. in a hat pulled so low down it covered half her face. Prolific hitmaker and frequent ASCAP honoree Diane Warren, also at the do, informed us she's currently working on songs with Gloria Estefan, Ricky Martin and N Sync, and has Edwin McCain's rendition of her ``Music of My Heart'' on the way. And then there was Edgar Bronfman Two persons are named Edgar Bronfman (father and son). They are the son and grandson of Seagram founder Samuel Bronfman:
 This article or section resembles a .Please help [ improve this article] by removing excessive trivia, irrelevant praise and criticism, lists and collections of links that are of . wrote the music - one of the songs recognized by ASCAP. Bronfman says he writes three or four songs a year and that songwriting is cathartic cathartic (kəthär`tĭk): see laxative. for him. ``I'd like to do more, but unfortunately, I have a day job.'' Right. Big-screen scene ``The Other Sister'' - which languished at the box office despite winning performances by Juliette Lewis Juliette L. Lewis (born June 21, 1973[1]) is an Academy Award-nominated American actress and musician. Biography Early life Lewis was born in Los Angeles, California. , Giovanni Ribisi Antonino Giovanni Ribisi (born December 17, 1974) is an American actor. Biography Early life Ribisi, who is Sicilian-American, was born in Los Angeles, California to Gay Landrum, a talent agent, and Albert Ribisi, a musician. , Diane Keaton and Tom Skerritt this spring - could get another chance to prove it can perform. ``They may release it again in December,'' says director Garry Marshall of the love story about a mentally challenged young couple. That, of course, would mean that Disney was pushing it for Oscar consideration. As far as Marshall is concerned, ``Those kids should get awards.'' The videoland view The most challenging aspect of Mekhi Phifer's role as a Death Row inmate in HBO's ``A Lesson Before Dying'' was maintaining an acute emotional level ``for 12 hours of shooting.'' Phifer plays a young man wrongly accused of murder in Saturday night's telepic, which also stars Cicely Tyson Cicely Tyson (born December 19 1933) is an Emmy Award-winning and Academy Award-nominated American actress. Tyson's devout Christian parents came from the island of Nevis of Saint Kitts and Nevis in the West Indies, but Cicely was born and raised in Harlem, New York City. and Don Cheadle Donald Frank Cheadle (born November 29, 1964) is an Academy Award-nominated and Golden Globe Award-winning American actor. Biography Early life Cheadle was born in Kansas City, Missouri to Donald Cheadle, a child psychologist, and Betty, a bank manager and a . He says after some of the most intense scenes, ``I'd need about 20 minutes to let my body calm down. At night, I'd go home and unwind.'' Phifer, who starred in such films as ``Clockers,'' ``Soul Food'' and ``I Still Know What You Did Last Summer,'' just wrapped Dimension's upcoming ``O'' opposite Julia Stiles Julia O'Hara Stiles (born March 28, 1981) is an American stage and screen actress. After beginning her theatre career in small parts in a New York City theatre troupe, she has moved on to leading roles in plays by writers as diverse as William Shakespeare and David Mamet. . Though the film is a modern-day adaptation of Shakespeare's ``Othello,'' Phifer says the director did at least have the young cast ``read the original play during rehearsals.'' The film is expected out in October. Hit and run Joe Mantegna has a date with the mob June 2. That's when he's due to start a feature currently going under the title ``Conundrum,'' in which he'll play an unhappily divorced average Joe whose life is turned upside down when he learns his partner in a pub has fallen in with gangsters. With reports by Stephanie DuBois. CAPTION(S): 4 Photos Photo: (1) MITCHELL (2) MARSHALL (3) PHIFER (4) MANTEGNA |
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