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PEOPLE & ARTS Saturday 22 april 2017

Documentary delves into life of music pioneer Clive Davis

MESFIN FEKADU He said watching the doc-
AP Music Writer umentary was somewhat
NEW YORK (AP - Clive Davis hard, especially scenes
celebrated his legacy with with Houston, who died
the debut of a documen- in 2012. “It was very emo-
tary about his life, along tional to see artists that
with performances from I worked with 20, 30, 40
artists he helped become years ago have the same
icons, during the opening vivid memories of how we
night of the 2017 Tribeca interrelated and what we
Film Festival. worked on and issues that
Davis, 85, said it was a arose,” he said. “It certain-
dream come true to ly gives a very compelling
launch “Clive Davis: The picture of the relationship
Soundtrack of Our Lives” at that I had with Whitney
Radio City Music Hall since Houston and of course
he grew up in Brooklyn and that’s filled with emotion-
didn’t visit Manhattan until al impact, and it really
he was 13. The music mo- showed sides of Whitney
gul was all smiles at the that no one has ever seen
multi-hour event Wednes- before.” Davis went on to
day night, as performers become the world’s most
like Aretha Franklin, Carly popular music executive,
Simon, Barry Manilow and Barry Manilow, left, and Clive Davis attend the world premiere of “Clive Davis: The Soundtrack of discovering talents such
Earth, Wind & Fire took Our Lives” at Radio City Music Hall, during the 2017 Tribeca Film Festival, Wednesday, April 19, as Houston, Alicia Keys
the stage to pay tribute to 2017, in New York. and Manilow and creating
Davis.N “All of them fresh Associated Press second acts for legends
from not performing at the “Where is Clive at?” she ment on-screen. “The spite not desiring a career like Franklin and Santana.
inauguration,” Robert De yelled. Davis earned a loud Soundtrack of Our Lives,” in music. He even had a large role
Niro, who co-founded the cheer from the audience directed by Chris Perkel, “I had no inkling that mu- in shaping the careers of
festival, said before the when he started dancing. gave a peek into Davis’ sic would be my passion of Bruce Springsteen, Janis
film began, earning laughs When Franklin who closed personal and professional life,” he said in an interview Joplin and Billy Joel.
and handclaps from the the show sang “Natural life. He lost his parents while with The Associated Press “What a movie,” Manilow
audience. Woman,” she pointed to he was an undergraduate on Tuesday from his office yelled before he sang
Jennifer Hudson left the Davis and sang the lyrics, at New York University, and at the new Sony building in some of his popular hits.
stage to walk into the aisles “He makes me feel.” She later attended Harvard Manhattan. “I had no mon- Other performers included
to dance with the crowd also called her longtime Law School. After working ey after my parents died, Kenny G and Dionne War-
as she sang Whitney Hous- collaborator a “chieftain” as a lawyer for Columbia so I went through school on wick, who earned a stand-
ton’s “I Wanna Dance With and “humanitarian.” Records, he was promoted scholarships. And I was go- ing ovation after she hit a
Somebody.” Others shared the senti- to president in 1967, de- ing to be a lawyer.” high note.q

Carrie Fisher’s ‘Catastrophe’

co-stars recall her final days

NICOLE EVATT Medical Center. Reynolds was 84.
Associated Press Fisher, 60, played Delaney’s Horgan said Fisher spoke
LOS ANGELES (AP) — The mother, Mia, in the series of a renewed excitement
creators of Amazon’s “Ca- about a couple navigating about her acting career
tastrophe,” which stars the highs and lows of mar- and “had massive plans to
Carrie Fisher in one of her riage and parenthood. The do more of that.”
final roles, said they were new season begins stream- “She brought her incred-
shocked by her unexpect- ing April 28. ible, crazy, hilarious, warm,
ed death last year and had The show also stars Sharon kind personality, but she
bigger plans for her char- Horgan, who spent time also brought us the char-
acter. with Fisher the night before acter of Mia. You know,
“We had no idea. I don’t her fateful flight. we wrote it down, but she
think she had any idea,” “We had dinner and she made her the brilliant mon- In this Monday, Oct. 10, 2016, file photo, actress Carrie Fisher at-
tends a special screening of, “Bright Lights: Starring Carrie Fisher
series star and co-creator skipped off to her room,” ster that she is,” Horgan and Debbie Reynolds,” at Alice Tully Hall in New York.
Rob Delaney said in an in- said Horgan, who is also a said. “I miss her, but I’ll miss Associated Press
terview Thursday. “Catastrophe” co-creator. her in our show, you know,
On Dec. 23, Fisher was re- “And she had been at the I’ll miss that character and because I’ve been sad as “We wanted to tell more
turning to Los Angeles from antique market earlier that I’ll miss being able to tell a human being and friend about that character. We
London after shooting her day and she was showing that character’s story.” of hers — but yeah, I do wanted to flesh her out
final scenes for season me all these lovely little bits Delaney and Horgan said feel now stolen from,” Del- more and give her a story
three of “Catastrophe.” and pieces that she bought they deeply regret not aney said. and a reason for her be-
She suffered a medical for her mom to bring back.” having more time with the “We wanted to do a lot havior. And the only reason
emergency aboard the Fisher’s mother, actress actress and her “Catastro- more with Carrie. I was only why we did that is because
flight and died on Dec. 27 Debbie Reynolds, died the phe” character. just beginning to be invited Carrie made us want to do
at Ronald Reagan UCLA day after her daughter. “Only now am I realizing — to her house!” Horgan said. that.”q