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In this Jan. 26, 2014 file photo, Paul McCartney, left, and Ringo Starr appear at the 56th annual Grammy Awards in Los Angeles. McCartney will induct his former Beatle mate, Ringo Starr, into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame next month. The 30th annual induction ceremony is scheduled for Cleveland's Public Hall on April 18.
In this Jan. 26, 2014 file photo, Paul McCartney, left, and Ringo Starr appear at the 56th annual Grammy Awards in Los Angeles. McCartney will induct his former Beatle mate, Ringo Starr, into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame next month. The 30th annual induction ceremony is scheduled for Cleveland's Public Hall on April 18.

Paul McCartney has agreed to induct his former Beatles mate Ringo Starr into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame next month. Stevie Wonder, Patti Smith and John Mayer also will usher in new members, the hall announced Wednesday. The 30th annual induction ceremony is scheduled for Cleveland's Public Hall on April 18. The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum is in Cleveland. The Beatles are in the rock hall already, and so are McCartney, John Lennon and George Harrison as solo artists. Starr is the last to be honored individually, and Eagle Joe Walsh will perform some of his friend's music. Wonder will induct Bill Withers, a fellow songwriter who had his biggest impact in the 1970s. John Legend will perform Withers' music, and it's still a mystery whether Withers, who quit the music business more than 30 years ago, will sing. Rock hall spokesman Shauna Wilson said it's still to be determined which inductees will perform. Smith will induct another artist indelibly tied to New York, the late Lou Reed, and Beck will perform his music. Mayer is speaking in honor of another blues guitarist, the late Stevie Ray Vaughan. Vaughan's brother Jimmie will perform with members of his brother's old band, Double Trouble. Dave Grohl has committed to performing inductee Joan Jett's music, although the hall hasn't announced who will give the speech for the "I Love Rock 'n' Roll" singer. Peter Wolf will induct the Paul Butterfield Blues Band, with Tom Morello performing the band's music. Fall Out Boy will induct Green Day and guitarist Steve Cropper is scheduled to honor the "5" Royales. HBO is taping the ceremony and concert for a May 30 television premiere.

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In this Jan. 17, 2010 file photo, Robert De Niro, left, and Martin Scorsese, winner of the Cecil B. Demille Lifetime Achievement award backstage at the 67th Annual Golden Globe Awards in Beverly Hills, Calif. The cast of Martin Scorsese’s “GoodFellas” will reunite for the film’s 25th anniversary at the Tribeca Film Festival.

• The cast of Martin Scorsese's GoodFellas will reunite for the film's 25th anniversary at the Tribeca Film Festival. The festival announced Wednesday that a remastered version of the gangster film classic will close the 14th annual festival on April 25. After the screening at New York's Beacon Theatre, Jon Stewart will host a conversation with Scorsese and the cast, including Robert De Niro, Joe Pesci, Lorraine Bracco, Ray Liotta and Paul Sorvino. De Niro, who co-founded the Tribeca Film Festival, said in a statement: "I was most proud of this film 25 years ago and equally proud of it now." The festival runs April 15-26.

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