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David Louis Newman is an American composer and conductor known particularly for his film scores. In a career spanning nearly forty years, he has... composed music for nearly 100 feature films. Newman was born in Los Angeles, California, the son of Mississippi-born Martha Louise and Hollywood composer Alfred Newman. He is the brother of Thomas Newman and the cousin of Randy Newman, both of whom are also composers of film scores. An accomplished violinist, and successful concert conductor, Newman was educated at the University of Southern California. His first film work was on Tim Burton's short film 'Frankenweenie' in 1984. In 1987 he scored Danny DeVito's Throw Momma from the Train. This was his first collaboration with DeVito, and he went on to score nearly all of his subsequent films, including The War of the Roses , Other People's Money , Hoffa , Matilda and Death to Smoochy . Newman has also scored the comedies The Flintstones , The Mighty Ducks , The Nutty Professor , and Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure .
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Beverly Hills is an affluent city located in Los Angeles County, California, United States. With a population of 34,109 at the 2010 census, up from 33,784 as of the 2000 census, it is home to numerous Hollywood celebrities including numerous television and silver screen actors and actresses, heirs... and heiresses, and other dignitaries. Beverly Hills and the neighboring city of West Hollywood are together entirely surrounded by the city of Los Angeles. To be specific, Beverly Hills is bordered on the northwest by the Los Angeles neighborhood of Bel-Air and the Santa Monica Mountains, on the east by West Hollywood, the Carthay neighborhood of Los Angeles, and the Fairfax District of Los Angeles, and on the south by the Beverlywood. The area's "Platinum Triangle" of affluent neighborhoods is formed by the city of Beverly Hills and the Los Angeles neighborhoods of Bel Air and Holmby Hills. Gaspar de Portolà's land expedition arrived in the area on August 3, 1769. The group consisted of Portolà , some Franciscan priests and a cavalcade of leather-jacket soldiers and horses.
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