Fred Foster (Photo: Foster Family) Country Music Hall of Fame member Fred Foster, a record producer who founded the independent label Monument Records and publishing company Combine Music and played a major part in the careers of such historic artists as Kris Kristofferson, Roy Oribson and Dolly Parton, died on Feb. 20 at 87. Most of Orbison’s early 1960s classic hits were produced by Foster for Monument. Parton was a teenage songwriter for Combine before signing with Monumen

Nina Khrushcheva signs copies of "In Putin's Footsteps" at the New York Public Library As the first book ever checked out of the New York Public Library’s main Stephen A. Schwarzman Building was Russian, it was only fitting that the library presented author/educator Nina Khrushcheva (also Former Soviet Union Premier Nikita Khrushchev’s great-granddaughter) Thursday evening (Feb. 21), on the occasion of the publication of her latest book In Putin’s Footsteps—Searching for the

Bachmann's marketing VP Douglas C. Blaine holds up the new Transcontinental Train Set at Toy Fair To celebrate the 150th anniversary of the Golden Spike ceremony joining the rails of the First Transcontinental Railroad, Bachmann Trains has a limited edition, ready-to-run digital sound-equipped Transcontinental train set. On display last week at the Toy Fair trade show at New York’s Javits Center, the digitally controlled Transcontinental with Digital Sound set includes detail

Tiffany Erickson at Toy Fair “Pose, Play, Learn“ is the motto at My Ballerina Dolls, the posable ballet doll line started three years ago by Tiffany Erickson, a dancer with the San Diego Ballet, and her husband Mark. “We got the idea when we saw girls walking into see the ballet with an assortment of dolls dressed in ballet costumes,” said Tiffany at this week’s Toy Fair trade show at New York’s Javits Center. “We thought, Why not cater to that element with dedicated ballet d