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Conan O'Brien ends Oscars with Martin Short tribute after daughter's death

Conan O'Brien paid tribute to Martin Short with a heartfelt message at the very end of the 2026 Academy Awards.

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“I was the only guy playing that guitar. It was their version of a semi-hollow”: How Robben Ford helped Fender design their short-lived answer to the ES-335

The short-lived build aimed to compete with one of Gibson's flagship models

Guitar World

"She would tune her guitar to whatever mood she was in and write the song from that tuning." The legendary singer-songwriter who changed Tool frontman Maynard James Keenan's life

Tool / A Perfect Circle vocalist salutes a folk-rock icon

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“When I first met George I was just speechless. But when we started playing, he gave no direction. He liked the way I played, and I would just be myself”: Robben Ford on what it was like working with a Beatle at the age of 22

By his own admission, Ford was “green” when he was called into play on George Harrison’s Dark Horse but there was no pressure to be anything other than himself

MusicRadar

What links Joni Mitchell, Ian Dury and Frida Kahlo? The Saturday quiz

From ancient China and Paris’s Latin Quarter to ‘Han shot first’, test your knowledge with the Saturday quiz

The Guardian - UK

Joni Mitchell's Eclectic Shelf Styling Inspired Graham Nash's '70s Hit, 'Our House' – Step Inside Her Stunning Laurel Canyon Home

Multi-colored, antique glass on shelves by Joni Mitchell's '60s windows were immortalized as part of music history – explore her impactful technique

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“It’s my legacy as a human - like raising my kids, marrying my wife, and honouring my parents”: Brandi Carlile on helping Joni Mitchell return to the stage

Her new album includes a tribute to her friend and influence

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Heartbreaking reason Only Murders In The Building cast including Martin Short skipped Actor Awards

Only Murders In The Building stars Martin Short, Steve Martin and Selena Gomez were all absent from this year's Actor Awards.

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“I said, ‘Oh, Joni, that’s gonna sound terrible. You need an amp, man! You need some tubes vibrating. You need some air! She goes, ‘Would you just try it?’”: Robben Ford reveals how Joni Mitchell helped him nail his guitar tone on a ’70s classic

Ford has fond memories of touring and recording with the “wonderful” Mitchell, who has a producer knows exactly how she wants a guitar to sound – and how to get the tone

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Katherine Short ‘found dead behind locked bedroom door with suicide note and gun nearby’

According to law enforcement sources, Katherine Short – the daughter of comic Martin Short – was found dead behind a locked bedroom door with a suicide note and a gun nearby.

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Martin Short’s Daughter Katherine Made A Surprising Name Change Before Her Unexpected Passing

Katherine Hartley Short officially dropped her last name because she was worried about “potential harassment.”

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"Music in general right now I feel has lost the art of dynamics. There’s so much storytelling that can be embedded in a song through just having it very soft and then growing it": In an era of loudness, Laufey is flying the flag for light and shade

Her spine-tingling cover of Joni Mitchell’s Both Sides Now suggests she might be onto something

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Harrowing 911 Audio Revealed After Martin Short’s Daughter Katherine Tragically Lost Her Life

“No one can ever really know what she had to deal with…”

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Katherine Short spoke about ‘mental illness’ in years before her death

In a post about the support she received from her service dog in the years before her death, tragic Katherine Short also spoke publicly about living with “mental illness”.

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10 Under-the-Radar British Brands You Need to Know Now

From jewellery to jumpers to jackets, shop local this London Fashion Week

What Hi-Fi?

Cambridge Audio Evo 150 SE

Cambridge Audio has evolved its feature-packed, well-designed Evo 150 streaming amplifier, with sonic improvements promised – does it succeed?

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“We just went with it, hoping that it would be more of a blessing than a disaster.” How Alien Ant Farm’s bizarre cover of Michael Jackson’s Smooth Criminal turned them from D-listers to nu metal giants (for a bit, anyway)

In 2000, Alien Ant Farm were nu metal also-rans struggling to find their place. Then a thumbs up from Papa Roach and a Michael Jackson cover changed their fortunes overnight

The Guardian - UK

From Brontë to Ballard, Orwell to Okri: the best songs inspired by literature – ranked!

As Kate Bush’s Wuthering Heights gets a boost from a new film adaptation, we survey the surprising, seditious and sensual ways in which prose has influenced pop

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“I walked in… and Joni Mitchell was in baby blue pyjamas. She said, ‘Have a seat.’ And we talked about music. I wrote You Get What You Give the same day”: How a weird dream inspired the New Radicals’ classic ’90s hit

And the song was so good it convinced Joni not to quit the music industry

The Independent UK

The last thing we need is more biopics – but Meryl Streep as Joni Mitchell sounds irresistible

COMMENT: Springsteen and Dylan have already had the movie treatment, The Beatles are up next, with Joni Mitchell on the horizon. Patrick Smith was ready for it all to stop, until one exciting bit of casting news

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“She’s kept all of her costumes, all of her clothes, all of her instruments": Is Meryl Streep playing Joni Mitchell in Cameron Crowe's upcoming biopic?

Project has been four years in development

The Independent UK

Meryl Streep to play iconic musician in new biopic

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The Independent UK

Meryl Streep confirmed to play Joni Mitchell in forthcoming biopic

Film will be directed by Cameron Crowe

The Guardian - UK

Meryl Streep cast as Joni Mitchell in new biopic

The Oscar-winning actor will star in the Cameron Crowe-directed feature about the singer-songwriter’s life

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The 20 Most Awkward Celebrity Reactions And Interactions From The 2026 Grammy Awards

“This will be a meme in the near future, I just can't prove it yet.”

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