Frank Sinatra
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Policies at Grauman’s not fixed in concrete
LOS ANGELES — Grauman’s Chinese Theatre is hallowed Hollywood tourist ground — where stars suchas Clark Gable, Marilyn Monroe and Frank Sinatra cemented their legends by making hand- andfootprints in concrete. In late fall, the movie icons were joined by three rodents: Alvin and the Chipmunks (or, moreprecisely, people in chipmunk suits imitating the cartoon [...]
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Andy Williams Suffering From Bladder Cancer
Andy Williams revealed to concertgoers in at his Branson, Mo., theater he has bladder cancer, the Branson Tri-Lakes News reports. "I do have cancer of the bladder," the 83-year-old "Moon River" singer and long-ago TV variety show host said. "But that is no longer a death sentence. People with cancer are getting through this thing. [...]
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Cole Porter's Song True Love
True Love was written by Cole Porter and performed by Bing Crosby and Grace Kelly in the 1955 film, High Society, which also starred Frank Sinatra and Louis Armstrong. True Love was the first and only gold record for Grace Kelly and was the 21st gold record for Bing Crosby. The song stayed on the [...]
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Wayne Newton's Vegas attraction to include a car wash
Step 1: Las Vegas superstar Wayne Newton decides to open his Casa de Shenandoah manse to tourists. Step 2: Neighbors protest. Step 3: Newton apparently will get his wish with a proposed attraction that includes a theater showing footage of himself, memorabilia including a Champagne glass that Frank Sinatra hoisted and a car wash big [...]
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Mel Brooks and Dick Cavett dish the dirt
By Kevin McDonough September 09, 2011 12:00 AM Two friends and show business veterans swap stories on "Mel Brooks and Dick Cavett Together Again" (9 p.m., HBO, TV-MA). They are completely at ease with each other and make the most of their contrasts. Brooks, the accomplished comedy filmmaker and producer of "The Producers" on stage [...]
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Pop Music
Pop music is a genre of popular music distinguished from classical or art music and from folk music . The term indicates specific stylistic traits, but the genre also includes artists working in many styles such as rock, hip hop, rhythm and blues (R&B), and country, making it a flexible category. The expression pop music [...]
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Three Tips For to Help You Sing Better
Have you ever been told that you have a voice like a crow, or that you haven't a note in your head and still you wish it wasn't true you wish you could sing? Well almost anyone can learn how to sing – fact. One of my favourite singers is Irish folk singer Liam Clancy [...]
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Legends show to feature homegrown talent
Typically, when drummer Mike Streeto gets ready to pay homage to one of rock 'n' roll's greatest bands, he has to jump on a plane, train or bus to do it. However, for the next week or so, he'll get a chance to take a much-shorter trip. Streeto, who lives in New Haven, will be [...]
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At the Lincoln: Peck returns as Atticus Finch in ‘To Kill a Mockingbird’B
Some movies are so good we have to show them again. In August 2008, we showed "To Kill a Mockingbird" and, this week, Gregory Peck as Atticus Finch is back on the big screen. In 1960, author Harper Lee won the Pulitzer Prize for this book about the Depression-era South and the people who lived [...]
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Female artists in the same genre as music like Frank Sinatra?
Need some suggestions for a play list for an up coming party of female artists in the same genre as classic music like Frank Sinatra. we can't seem to come up with any names at the moment. thanks! K.D. Lang's "Skylark" Peggy Lee amy winehouse sarah vaughn marilyn monroe billie holidsay
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Veruca Salt: I Married A Communit by Philip Roth
Humphrey Bogart and Lauren Bacall lead a protest against the HUACI spent three years promising myself there would be endless Sunday afternoons and dank Tuesday evenings to spend pouring over the stuff I was trying to cram into a fifteen minute tube journey. now I'm finally facing up to the ratio of books I have [...]
