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PEOPLE & ARTS Thursday 17 OcTOber 2019

In this July 20, 2017 file photo, The Hit Men play music during a show at the Axelrod Performing Arts
Center, in Deal Park, N.J.
Associated Press

In this Tuesday April 14, 2015 file photo, Leonardo da Vinci's "Vit- Musicians Hall of Fame to honor
ruvian Man" is displayed during an exhibition in Milan, Italy.
Associated Press group with New Jersey roots

Da Vinci's "Vitruvian

Man" drawing can go By DAVID PORTER Nashville's City Winery will Brothers, Motown Records'
HACKENSACK, N.J. (AP) — close a month of shows in house rhythm section.
Seven years after hitting California, Arizona, Maine, Seeking to ride the musi-
on loan to Louvre the road to perform and Louisiana and Tennessee. cal nostalgia wave and
"It's an incredible honor to the success of the Four
share their stories of record-
ing with some of the big- be recognized for the work Seasons-inspired musical
ROME (AP) — An Italian send to Paris. gest names in pop music, we've each put into our ca- "Jersey Boys," The Hit Men
court has ruled that Leon- Wednesday's ruling cleared a New Jersey-based group reers supporting the great- formed in 2012 in a base-
ardo Da Vinci's iconic "Vit- the way for the loan, reject- of former A-list session mu- est names in the music in- ment studio in Fair Lawn,
ruvian Man" drawing can ing a complaint filed by an sicians is being recognized dustry," founding member New Jersey, about 10 miles
be loaned to France's Lou- Italian heritage group Our for its efforts. Lee Shapiro said. from New York. Their roots
vre Museum, solving an on- Italy, which contended The Musicians Hall of Fame The museum opened in extend decades further.
going cultural dispute be- that the drawing was too and Museum in Nashville is 2006 and showcases the of- Shapiro, keyboardist for
tween Italy and France. fragile to travel and risked giving its first "Road Warrior" ten-unsung musicians who Valli during the singer's
The Venice court last week being damaged. award to The Hit Men, a have backed legendary mid-1970s comeback, had
had suspended the loan of The "Vitruvian Man" is cur- group originally assembled pop performers. Among its played with guitarist Don
the world-famous drawing, rently kept in a climate- in 2012 by former members famous inductees are the Ciccone and drummer
which is part of a batch of controlled vault in Venice's of Frankie Valli and Four Wrecking Crew, the group Gerry Polci with the Four
works by Leonardo and Ra- Accademia Gallery and is Seasons. The group has of L.A. studio musicians Seasons and knew bass-
phael that the Italian gov- put on public display only toured steadily since then, that played on numerous ist Larry Gates from child-
ernment had agreed to occasionally.q and its Oct. 28 concert at '60s pop hits; and the Funk hood. q

Shonda Rhimes, iHeartMedia

strike 3-year podcast deal

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Tele- dio. New episodes will be dis-
vision powerhouse Shonda In a statement, Rhimes said tributed by iHeartMedia in
Rhimes is moving aggres- she welcomed the oppor- 2020.
sively into the burgeoning tunity to expand Shonda- Rhimes, who became an
podcast world. land's storytelling into the ABC network mainstay with
Rhimes' company, Shonda- growing medium, which hits including "Grey's Anat-
land, said Wednesday that she praised for a unique omy" and "Scandal," signed
she will serve as executive sense of boldness and inti- an exclusive deal with Net-
producer for podcasts to macy. flix in 2017 to produce new
be distributed by iHeartMe- Shondaland has already programs for the streaming This Feb. 24, 2019 file photo shows Shonda Rhimes at the Vanity
dia. ventured into podcasting service. Fair Oscar Party in Beverly Hills, Calif.
Shondaland says it signed with the weekly "Katie's The iHeartMedia company, Associated Press
a three-year podcast deal Crib," in which actress Ka- which operates more than
with iHeartMedia and is tie Lowe discusses mother- 850 radio stations and the distributes podcasts on all forms including the iHeart-
launching Shondaland Au- hood with guests. iHeartRadio digital service, major podcasting plat- Podcast Network.q