Raindrops Keep Fallin' on My Head Welsh rock band Manic Street Preachers cover version is credited with adding greater nuance to the song, the "Financial Times" citing their recording as transforming the song from carefree optimism to "an exhortation to keep going in the face of tragedy" and noting that Bradfield's voice "added grit to the facile lyric". The group often spent their downtime on the tour bus watching the film "Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid", and incorporated the song into live sets. After the disappearance of lyricist Richey Edwards, the band decided to continue rather than split up. Having booked studio time in France
Maria Newman restored Blu-ray print of 1948 Academy Award winner "The Red Shoes;" Woody Allen's Oscar-winner "Annie Hall;" last year's "Waltz with Bashir," the Israeli animated documentary about the 1982 Lebanon War; and the 1919 silent film, "Daddy-Long-Legs," starring Mary Pickford, which will feature a chamber orchestra conducted by Maria Newman." Newman presents masterclasses, coaches student performances of her original compositions and others, and lectures at universities and many arts organizations nationwide. Newman has recognition and commendations from the Annenberg Foundation, the United States Congress, the California State Senate, the California State Assembly, the County of Los Angeles, the City of Malibu,