From Geek to Stalker? Brat Pack Then and Now
ABC News (Free subscription) | 18/11/2009
How Anthony Michael Hall, Rob Lowe, Demi Moore have fared since '80s stardom. Demi Moore - Anthony Michael Hall - Cub Scouts - Organizations - Scouting
ABC News (Free subscription) | 18/11/2009
How Anthony Michael Hall, Rob Lowe, Demi Moore have fared since '80s stardom. Demi Moore - Anthony Michael Hall - Cub Scouts - Organizations - Scouting
The Inquisitr (Free subscription) | 18/11/2009
New York, NY (CNS) – Sirius XM Radio has announced the launch of a new 24-hour commercial-free channel devoted to the music of jazz legend Miles Davis. The Miles Davis Radio will run on a limited basis from November 20 to 25 on Sirius channel 72 and XM channel 70. Miles Davis Radio will be hosted [...]
Bounded Rationality (Free subscription) | 15/11/2009
When I was growing up in Tulsa in the early 1970's, I remember the competition between the perennial AM radio enemies (at least to me) KAKC and KELI. I always liked KAKC, until the sixth grade, when I had a crush on a girl at church named Kelly, and then my favorite became KELI for a while. My older brother and I couldn't wait to hear Casey Kasem's American Top Forty show. We would listen to the entire...
Seattle Times (Free subscription) | 09/11/2009
"Sweet Thunder" (Knopf, 464 pages, $27.95), by Wil Haygood: The boxer Sugar Ray Robinson was a man of glittering skill and deep complexity. So complex, in fact, that several writers - including Robinson himself - have tried and failed to render a full portrait.
The Inquisitr (Free subscription) | 07/11/2009
Retired MLB right fielder Sammy Sosa seems to have undergone a bit of a strange transformation after his last appearance in baseball in 2007. Blogs are buzzing and web searches are heating up for pictures of Sammy Sosa’s skin after the baseball star was snapped at the Latin Grammys looking a bit… well, pale. Sammy Sosa’s [...]
The South Florida Business Journal (Free subscription) | 06/11/2009
Howl at the Moon and Legends in Concert will be part of the entertainment on the Norwegian Epic when it sets sail in June, the cruise line said Friday.
the central shaft (Free subscription) | 06/11/2009
dennis brown, "wichita lineman" (from the tracks of life compilation, out of print.) sammy davis jr., "wichita lineman" (from my name is sammy davis) the dee felice trio, "wichita lineman" (from the in heat lp, out of print.) electric concept orchestra, "wichita lineman" (from the electric love lp, out of print.) jimmy webb, "wichita lineman" (from...
TO411 Daily (Free subscription) | 04/11/2009
Steve Martin and Alec Baldwin are joining forces to co-host the 82nd Annual Academy Awards, the telecast's producers Bill Mechanic and Adam Shankman said Tuesday. Doubling down on comedy, the producers said, "Steve will bring the experience of having hosted the show in the past, and Alec will be a completely fresh personality for this event."
A Writer's Life (Free subscription) | 04/11/2009
Sammy Davis Jr. sings the theme to "Chico and the Man."
look back in anger (Free subscription) | 04/11/2009
sammy davis jr., actor, has 61 film credits! when i read his book, 'yes i can' i found it hard to get past a photograph of sammy as a child on the vaudeville circuit. he was so young. well, so was buster keaton when he began his climb to the top. kids! just little kids. photos: sammy/buster in 1901
Los Angeles Times (Free subscription) | 04/11/2009
Hugh Jackman decided not to return as host of the 82nd annual Academy Awards.
All About Jazz (Free subscription) | 03/11/2009
Benny Golson Live Interview with Dave Schroeder at Barnes and Noble (NYC) on Friday, October 6th at 7:00 p.m. Join us this Friday, October 30th, for an in-store Barnes and Noble interview with saxophonist, epic composer and jazz legend, Benny Golson Time: 7:00pm - 8:00pm Barnes and Noble 150 East 86th Street New York, NY 10028...
Culture Monster (Free subscription) | 01/11/2009
"King me!" is what checker players love to shout, but it could also be a slogan this summer at the Old Globe in San Diego -- although both British kings on display, Shakespeare's legendary Lear and Alan Bennett's historical George...
L. A. Times Dodgers Blog (Free subscription) | 01/11/2009
A TV producer tells of apparitions and strange happenings at former showbiz hangout Ciro's, now the Comedy Store. Apparitions are said to haunt hotels and the Queen Mary as well. Even after the costumes are worn, the candy collected and the ghoulish jack-o'-lantern has turned back into a pumpkin, Halloween doesn't have to be over -- if you are willing to be entertained by a good ghost story.
Rock Turtleneck (Free subscription) | 31/10/2009
Swing by Rock Turtleneck on Halloween and you're going to get Candy , and lots of it. All of the following songs have "Candy" in the title, yet none of them seem to be about corn-syrup filled sweets. As with so many metaphors in rock, "candy" seems to be a sugar-coated way of singing about sex, drug addiction, transvestities or, preferably, sex with drug-addicted transvestites....