Run-DMC Announces Reunion at Fun Fun Fest

They haven’t performed together in over a decade, but the surviving members of Run-DMC are set to reunite this fall at the Fun Fun Fun Fest in Austin, Texas.

Joseph Simmons, now known as Rev. Run, and Darryl “DMC” McDaniels retired the group after their DJ, Jam Master Jay, was killed in 2002. But it was announced Tuesday that the band will be among the performers for the Nov. 2-4 event. Festival organizers say they plan to donate some of the proceeds to the JMJ Foundation for Music, which works to give youth access to the arts.

The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame group is best known for hits like “Walk This Way,” “It’s Like That” and “My Adidas.” (AP)

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Online: http://funfunfunfest.com/

Iconic ‘Gone With the Wind’ Dress Faded Forever

Efforts to restore several dresses from the film “Gone With The Wind” have shown that time has taken quite a toll on some of them.

Scarlett O’Hara’s green curtain dress is badly faded in areas. Her silk wedding veil is beyond repair.

But officials withHarryRansomCenterat theUniversityofTexasare pushing forward with efforts to get them into the best shape possible for the 75th anniversary of Oscar-winning Civil War movie in 2014.

Art conservator Cara Varnell has been working on the pieces to shore up the original stitching, remove alterations and decipher some of the changes that were made to the dresses over the decades. Varnell says color won’t be added back into the faded areas of fabric.

TheRansomCenteracquired the dresses in the 1980s when it took over the collection of movie producer David O. Selznick.

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