The Greatest Science Stories Never Told by Rick Beyer

Judges would have the discretion to impose the death penalty or sentence defendants to life in prison. The law says the defendants could receive death sentences based on the recommendations of at least eight of 12 jurors. His signing-off on the death penalty plans comes after regional lawmakers in the Sunshine State's House of Representatives and Senate voted to pass the law earlier this month. 'You can't rest on your laurels if you want to be a 'law and order' state,' he said Monday as he also approved a bill hiking punishments for fetanyl offenses. He has also been locked in a bitter spat with Disney after the theme park owner hit out at the state's Parental Rights in Education Act, dubbed by critics as the 'Don't Say Gay' bill. The move may also boost support with the Republican base nationwide where the ex-Navy lawyer has been trailing in the opinion polls behind Donald Trump. So they said, 'Fine, if you don't like this, we'll dash something else off,' and they dashed off another song in an hour.The Florida governor is expected to formally announce next month he will challenge Donald Trump for the Republican presidential nomination They play the music and Scorsese likes it, but De Niro doesn't like the title song they've come up with and he says, 'Can you try again?' These composers are quite famous, and they can't believe that some actor would try to tell them how to write a song. 'Scorsese is there, and the lead actor, a guy named De Niro, is also in the room. 'They come in to play the songs they've written,' says Beyer. Scorsese brought in John Kander and Fred Ebb, the songwriting team behind Cabaret, to write some original songs for the movie's soundtrack. His new book is called The Greatest Music Stories Never Told: 100 Tales from Music History to Astonish, Bewilder and Stupefy.īeyer tells Weekend Edition Sunday guest host Linda Wertheimer that his favorite of the 100 anecdotes involves the 1977 Martin Scorsese film New York, New York. Now, he returns with a variation on the theme. Robert De Niro performs in the 1977 Martin Scorsese film New York, New York.Ī few years ago, Rick Beyer regaled NPR with tales from his book, The Greatest Stories Never Told, which uncovered the hidden sides of a hundred historical events.

The Greatest Science Stories Never Told by Rick Beyer