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Joseph Williams was eight years old when his father John earned his first Academy Award nomination for scoring the sudsy big-screen adaptation of Jacqueline Susann's "Valley of the Dolls." Yes, the legendary composer whose music would whisk moviegoers off to a galaxy far, far away, and make us believe a man could fly once flung us into the ugly, pill-popping drudgery of 1960s Hollywood.

John Williams was the son of jazz drummer Johnny Williams, so music has always coursed through the blood of this brood. But while John could occasionally knock out a magnificently jazzy score, he didn't become the Max Steiner of his era until he delivered the nerve-jangling, two-note motif for Steven Spielberg's "Jaws." Almost 50 years later, he is the most beloved scorer of the post-New Hollywood era. He's practically a rock star. Wherever he conducts an orchestra, there will be a roaring, sold-out crowd.

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In the Special Editions, the Rebo Band were big victims of George Lucas' digital wand. Here's how CGI changed them - seemingly forever...

In 1997, Star Wars began its ineluctable turn to the digital side. A New Hope, re-released in January that year, marked the first of George Lucas’s Special Edition revamps of his blockbuster saga; then 20 years old, the original 70s print was decaying. Effects shots were damaged. Darth Vader’s once imposing black mask and cloak had faded to a wan shade of pale blue.

To combat the ravages of time, Lucas embarked on an expensive and lavish restoration of the movies, improving the quality of the sound, re-balancing and correcting the colours and placing them back where they belonged: on the big screen. While fans were delighted at the prospect of seeing Star Wars in theatres again, Lucas’ reissues didn’t stop at...

A long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away... well, Ok, 30 years ago (on May 25, 1983) in our own galaxy, came the theatrical release of "Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi." The installment triumphantly wrapped up the "Star Wars" saga for all time. Or so we thought. Little did we know that the movie's cuddly-but-ferocious Ewoks would soon spawn a cottage industry of spinoffs, or that we'd be getting a trilogy of "Star Wars" prequels in another 16 years, and "Jedi" sequels another 15 years after that ("Episode VII" is due in 2014). Nor did we know, at the time, how close "Jedi" came to being an art-house film (judging by the directors whom "Star Wars" guru George Lucas initially asked to take the helm), or how close we came to losing Han Solo (Harrison Ford), or many of the other secrets of "jedi," which you can read below. 1. David Lynch...

Digital Spy readers have said that Adele should have won the Mercury Prize, rather than Pj Harvey. Harvey picked up the gong on Tuesday night for a record second time for her album Let England Shake, after first winning in 2001 for Stories from the City, Stories from the Sea. Thousands of you voted in our poll, and a massive 58.4% said that Adele should have won the accolade for her second album 21. Katy B was in second place with 8.5% for On A Mission, while actual winner Pj Harvey's 6.2% was only good enough for third. Reader Andy Hutton said: "The award is for the best album, not for the best album from a commercially obscure act... Adele had the best album, as proven by its commercial success." Joseph Williams added of Adele's record: "Never has an album managed to identify with (more)...

MTV is under fire once again for including a footage of a corpse in a February 2009 episode of T.I.'s reality show "T.I.'s Road to Redemption". Relatives of the dead man, Joseph Williams, complained that it was a disrespectful move done without their consent.

In the first episode called "You Are Responsible for Your Own Actions", T.I. took the viewers to The Haugabrooks Funeral Home and showed a young man's corpse whose face was blurred. The mortician said the the man was a hustler and that his parents did not know how he really died.

Williams' father Joseph Williams Sr. and other family members claimed that the vision has caused mental distress. Moreover, they accused the funeral home's employee of giving a false fact that they "didn't know what happened to their son."

In the lawsuit filed on Wednesday, February 9 in Fulton County State Court, they sued MTV,...

Deborah Carson of Toronto got 21 out of 24 points to win our Predict the Oscars contest! Please send an email to awardsdaily@gmail.com.  Congratulations!  The Hurt Locker for both categories...

Sir Paul McCartney wrote an essay in support of Britain's Queen Elizabeth aged 10. The Beatles star wrote the document to commemorate the queen's 1953 coronation, and impressed Liverpool's Lord Mayor so much Paul was awarded a book token. In the essay, Paul pays tribute to "our lovely young Queen". He wrote the 300-word piece while studying at Joseph Williams Junior School in Belle Vale, Liverpool. It is believed to be earliest piece of his work in existence, and was given to the local library. Kevin Roache, who found the work in library archives and is writing about the McCartney family, said: "I'm not surprised that it was pro-royalist, bearing in mind attitudes of the time and because his father,...