LA Times

Byrds co-founder Chris Hillman salutes Tom Petty with ‘Wildflowers’

8 years ago Lily Garner
“This is for Tom,” Chris Hillman announced from the stage of the Troubadour in West Hollywood, and that’s all he said before launching into his rendition of Tom Petty’s “Wildflowers” three weeks after Petty died unexpectedly on Oct. 2 at age 66. A video of that performance, offered up as a tribute...

Weinstein Co. board fires president and COO David Glasser ‘for cause’

8 years ago Lily Garner
Weinstein Co.’s president and chief operating officer, David Glasser, has been fired “for cause,” the New York entertainment company’s board of directors said Friday night, in the latest twist for Harvey Weinstein’s beleaguered studio. Glasser came under fire this week after the New York attorney....