newsmakers

October 27, 2010 at 12:00a.m.

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Cleveland Orchestra seeks young fans

CLEVELAND

The Cleveland Orchestra has landed a $20 million pledge toward its goal of a $60 million endowed fund to attract young fans.

The pledge announced Tuesday comes from the Maltz Family Foundation of the Jewish Federation of Cleveland.

The pledge and the creation of the orchestra’s Center for Future Audiences are part of a goal of having the nation’s youngest audiences by the orchestra’s centennial in 2018.

The plan includes neighborhood concerts, bus service from suburbs to Severance Hall, offering children under 18 free admission to many performances and offering adults age 18 to 34 online discounts.

Randy Quaid, wife still jailed in Canada

TORONTO

Actor Randy Quaid and his wife, Evi, remain in a Canadian jail despite being granted a release from custody last week after they were arrested on outstanding warrants in California, a Canadian border official said Tuesday. The Quaids were arrested Thursday in a shopping area of a posh Vancouver, British Columbia, neighborhood and were jailed on outstanding U.S. warrants related to vandalism charges. The Quaids are wanted in Santa Barbara, where they missed a court hearing Monday on felony vandalism charges.

During their hearing last week, the couple told Canada’s immigration board they are being persecuted in the United States. Randy Quaid said he and his wife plan to apply for refugee status in Canada because the couple are seeking asylum from “the murderers of Hollywood.”

DioGuardi gets competition show

NEW YORK

The Bravo network says it’s bringing former “American Idol” judge Kara DioGuardi back to TV in a series of her own. “Going Platinum” will be a songwriting competition that pits contestants against one another as they live together, all vying for a $100,000 grand prize. DioGuardi will be head judge of the 10-episode series. Singer-songwriter Jewel will serve as host. “Going Platinum” is scheduled to premiere next year, Bravo announced Tuesday.

Rocky and Bullwinkle cartoon creator dies

CARMEL, Calif.

Pioneering TV cartoon artist Alexander Anderson Jr., who created Rocky the flying squirrel and Bullwinkle the moose, has died. He was 90.

Anderson’s son Terry tells the Los Angeles Times his father died at a Carmel nursing home Friday after battling Alzheimer’s disease.

Vindicator wire services