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Nedra Talley Ross Dead: Last Surviving Member Of The Ronettes Was 80

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Nedra Talley Ross, a Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee and the last surviving member of the ’60s-era pop group The Ronettes has died, according to a post on the group’s Facebook page. She was 80.

“It is with heavy hearts that we share the news of Nedra Talley Ross’ passing. She was a light to those who knew and loved her,” the post began. “As a founding member of The Ronettes, along with her beloved cousins Ronnie and Estelle, Nedra’s voice, style and spirit helped define a sound that would change music. Her contribution to the group’s story and their defining influence will live forever…”

Born Nedra Yvonne Talley, she and her cousins Veronica “Ronnie” Bennett and Estelle Bennett were raised in Spanish Harlem, where they sang at Bar Mitzvahs and school dances as The Darling Sisters.

They teamed up with producer Phil Spector in 1963 and were renamed The Ronettes. The following year, the group released its only studio album, Presenting the Fabulous Ronettes Featuring Veronica. During that time, the Rolling Stones opened for the Ronettes when they toured the UK. Two years later, the Ronettes opened for the Beatles in the U.S. They broke up shortly thereafter.

Nedra then married her boyfriend Scott Ross and changed her name to Nedra Talley Ross. Ronnie married Phil Spector and became Ronnie Spector.

The Ronettes in 1964: Ronnie Spector, Nedra Talley and Estelle Bennett (Evening Standard/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

The Ronettes’ best-known song, “Be My Baby,” spent three weeks at No. 2 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1963. The song — which the Beach Boys’ Brian Wilson famously has said is “the greatest record ever produced” — was co-written by Spector, whose intense “Wall of Sound” production style is personified by the track. 

It wasn’t just Wilson who was a fan.

Martin Scorsese made powerful use of the tune as the opening credits scene of his breakout film, Mean Streets. The director also used the group’s version of “Frosty the Snowman” in Goodfellas.

Their songs have been featured in close to 100 movies and TV shows, including Quadrophenia, Twist + Shout, Moonlighting, Dirty Dancing, The Wonder Years, Nine Months, How I Met Your Mother, Fred Claus, The Wrecking Crew!, Glee, The Simpsons, Pretty Little Liars, Bridget Jones’s Baby, Billions, Industry, Barbarian, Priscilla, The Bear and many more.

“Be My Baby” was by the far the Ronettes’ biggest hit. None of their other singles reached the top 20, though 1964’s “Walking in the Rain” also is recognized as a classic.

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After breaking out with “Be My Baby,” the group had a moderate follow-up hit with “Baby, I Love You.” A couple of minor hits later, “Walking in the Rain” hit No. 23 in late 1964. All seven of their Hot 100 singles were produced by Phil Spector. Most of those songs — including “(Best Part of) Breaking Up” and “Do I Love You?” — were on the late-1964 LP … Presenting the Fabulous Ronettes Featuring Veronica, which peaked at No. 96 and would be their only charting album.

The Ronettes were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2007, three years after they joined the Vocal Group Hall of Fame.

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ASIFA-Showcase Set For November, New FYC Event From Group Behind Annie Awards

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As we draw closer to another awards season, ASIFA-Hollywood has penciled in a new FYC campaign. The group behind the Annie Awards has revealed ASIFA-Showcase, a two-day event of screenings, panels and presentations set for next month in Los Angeles.

Billed as bringing together some of the biggest names in animation, ASIFA-Showcase runs November 14-15 at the Audrey Irmas Pavilion as part of the four-day Infinity Festival Hollywood. The goal is to give ASIFA-Hollywood members an inside look at the films, TV shows and creative talent shaping the year in animation.

ASIFA-Showcase Attendees can see the latest toon features and TV programs amd hear directly from the filmmakers and creative teams behind them as they delve into the artistry, storytelling and shaping animation this awards season. From major studio productions to independent animation, the event is designed to create a place where the animation community can discover new work, exchange ideas and celebrate the artists who bring these stories to life.

Studios in the mix include Apple TV, Crunchyroll, Disney/Pixar, Disney Television, IFC, LAIKA, Marvel Animation, Netflix Animation, Paramount+, Sony Pictures Animation, Tierney Corp, Universal Pictures/DreamWorks Animation and Warner Bros. Animation

“We wanted to create an event that belongs to the animation community and gives the incredible work being produced across our industry a place to be seen, discussed and celebrated as awards season begins,” said Aubry Mintz, Executive Director of ASIFA-Hollywood. “The Showcase has drawn an extraordinary lineup in its very first year, and we’re excited to bring so many parts of our animation community together in one place.”

ASIFA-Hollywood produces the Annie Awards, the annual celebration of animation whose 2026 ceremony saw eventual Best Animated Feature Oscar winner Kpop Demon Hunters sweep all 10 of the categories for which is was nominated.

The broader Infinity Festival Hollywood features programming across entertainment, animation, gaming, sports and emerging media.

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‘Women Like Us’ Netflix Movie Adds Nine To Cast (EXCLUSIVE)

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EXCLUSIVE: Women Like Us, the Netflix film from the Obamas’ Higher Ground and Charles D. King’s Macro Film Studios, has rounded out its cast with nine additions: Greg Tarzan Davis (Top Gun), Melanie Liburd (Bad Boys: Ride or Die), Harry Lennix (The Blacklist), Joy Bryant (Parenthood), Danielle Pinnock (Ghosts), Dewayne Perkins (The Studio), six-time Grammy winner Samara Joy, Tiffany Boone (Mufasa: The Lion King) and Gail Bean (The Drop: A Snowfall Saga).

Character details haven’t been disclosed. Announced in July, the film is led by Vivica A. Fox, Vanessa Williams, Jenifer Lewis and Whoopi Goldberg.

Women Like Us is the story of a recently widowed woman is dragged to the Hamptons by her lifelong best friends and sister on what should have been her 30th anniversary. The weekend becomes a reckoning with grief, with marriage, with the sisterhood that’s carried them throughout the years, and with the realization that dreams don’t have an expiration date.

Tasha Smith is directing from a script by Ali Kinney, with writing from Tracy Oliver. James Lopez and Poppy Hanks are producing for Macro, whose founder King is exec producing. Anikah McLaren and Mark R. Wright are producing for Higher Ground, whose Michelle Obama is exec producing.

Women Like Us is the latest of many projects stemming from a partnership between Netflix and Higher Ground, which won an Oscar for its work on their doc American Factory. Others upcoming include the series The Altruists and All the Sinners Bleed, as well as an untitled mother-daughter comedy starring Julianne Moore.

Davis is repped by CAA, Untitled, and Hansen, Jacobson, Teller; Liburd by Accelerate, Independent Artist Group, Untitled, and Christopher D. Abramson, P.C.; Lennix by Innovative Artists and Untitled; Bryant by Gersh, Principal Entertainment LA, and Schreck Rose Dapello; Pinnock by IAG, Mainstay Entertainment, and Hansen, Jacobson; Perkins by CAA, Artists First, and Schreck Rose Dapello; Boone by CAA, Vault Entertainment, and Toczek Suddleson; and Bean by Innovative, Echo Lake Entertainment, and The Hay Law Group.

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Lindsay Lohan, Henry Golding to Star in Netflix Movie Return to You

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For her next lead role, Lindsay Lohan is embracing nostalgia with a very important DVD.

Lohan and Henry Golding are set to star in the Netflix romantic feature Return to You. Lohan also serves as a producer for the film that Mark Waters will direct from a script by Eric Champnella.

Set in 2008, Return to You stars Lohan as a high-powered but lonely attorney who mistakenly receives a heartfelt DVD from a dying woman to her husband. Lohan’s character uses clues from the recording to attempt to track down the husband.

Lohan and Brad Krevoy serve as producers for the movie that counts Olivia Krevoy, Jimmy Townsend and Galen Fletcher as executive producers.

For Lohan, Return to You marks a reunion with Waters, her director on two hit films — 2003’s Freaky Friday and 2004’s Mean Girls — that helped propel her to Hollywood stardom. Lohan reprised her role as Freaky Friday’s Anna Coleman in 2025 sequel Freakier Friday opposite co-star Jamie Lee Curtis, but that feature had Nisha Ganatra in the director’s chair.

Waters’ recent projects include last year’s Netflix romantic comedy La Dolce Villa and the forthcoming biopic Hershey.

Lohan can soon be seen starring on the Hulu series Count My Lies, alongside Shailene Woodley and Kit Harington. Golding is set to star with Brie Larson and Lily Collins in the Amazon MGM Studios comedy Close Personal Friends.

During a recent cover story for Vogue Arabia, Lohan discussed having become more vocal throughout her career. “With age comes a different kind of confidence,” she said. “When I was younger, I wasn’t so comfortable saying how I felt about a character and being involved with the process of it. And I love that part now.”

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