BBC NEWS | Richard Black's blog (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009
If you've spent the week following every change of direction in the political winds about the likely outcome of the forthcoming UN climate summit, you'll have seen more twisting than the average Chubby Checker song. Extending borrowing from the arts and entertainment world: "To bind or not to bind" has been the week's big question - but seeing as we've discussed this elsewhere , I'll put...
I Hate The Media (Free subscription) | 18/11/2009
The Rasmussen Reports daily Presidential Tracking Poll for Wednesday shows that just 26% of the nation's voters Strongly Approve of the way that Barack Obama is performing his role as President.
Filles Sourires (Free subscription) | 15/11/2009
Or was she already thirteen? 24 years ago, Vanessa Chantal Paradis recorded her first 45 tours, a post-La Boum ten-candy-bars nostalgia piece with nods to Chubby Checker, Little Richard and Gene Vincent, boogie piano and doo-wop chorus. The mastermind behind it was Jean-Louis Bergerin who’s still active in lots of nuits de rock’n’roll, but probably too modest to mention his association...
Keep The Coffee Coming (Free subscription) | 14/11/2009
Looking Around (Free subscription) | 05/11/2009
Last month we learned what artworks the Obamas had chosen for the family quarters of the White House and the West and East Wing offices. One of the pictures that caught everybody's attention was Watusi (Hard Edge) by Alma Thomas, a lesser known Washington, D.C. area artist who died in 1978. But now [...]
Saga (Free subscription) | 30/10/2009
Such is the impact of the albums that Dreamboats & Petticoats has been transformed into a smash-hit West End musical starring TV heartthrob Ben Freeman, soap siren Jennifer Biddal and X Factor finalist Scott Bruton, receiving standing ovations every night at London's Savoy Theatre. The second regional tour is also well under way, filling venues across the country.
Parents Behaving Badly (Free subscription) | 29/10/2009
…..because it looks like the authorities are busy handing out ‘Get Out Of Jail Free’ cards to child abusers, in recent weeks. The background on this story is so familiar that I think we could all recite it from memory. Mother of baby finds new penis. Penis (allegedly) attacks baby. Baby dies. This child had multiple [...]
SportsProf (Free subscription) | 27/10/2009
At least that's what you might infer from A.G. Sulzberger's piece in the New York Times. It basically boils down to this -- root for the Yankees, and you're rooting for the team whose fans look down upon your team, whose team tries to buy a pennant all the time, whose fans are Cinderella's wicked stepsisters. You'd be selling out, giving in, succumbing, even if you're going to take the side of the...
MediaBistro.com (Free subscription) | 15/10/2009
Less than a year after joining Penguin Press as a nonfiction editor, Nick Trautwein is leaving to become a senior editor at The New Yorker . According to the NY Observer , Trautwein will replace Emily Eakin --despite a hiring freeze at Condé Nast. As we noted yesterday, the literary magazine also hired a managing editor this year as well. New Yorker editor David Remnick had this emailed statement,...
Daily News (Free subscription) | 14/10/2009
Singer Al Martino, who played the Frank Sinatra-type role of Johnny Fontane in "The Godfather" and recorded hits including "Spanish Eyes" and the Italian ballad "Volare" in a 50-year musical career, has died.
atHome Top Story (Free subscription) | 14/10/2009
Singer Al Martino, who played the Frank Sinatra-type role of Johnny Fontane in "The Godfather" and recorded hits including "Spanish Eyes" and the Italian ballad ``Volare" in a 50-year musical career, died Tuesday. He was 82.
The Age (Free subscription) | 14/10/2009
Singer Al Martino, who played the Frank Sinatra-type role of Johnny Fontane in The Godfather , has died aged 82.
Arizona Republic (Free subscription) | 14/10/2009
SPRINGFIELD, Pa. (AP) -- Singer Al Martino, who played the Frank Sinatra-type role of Johnny Fontane in "The Godfather" and recorded hits including "Spanish Eyes" and the Italian ballad "Volare" in a 50-year musical career, died Tuesday. He was 82....
The Observer (Free subscription) | 14/10/2009
American crooner had Britain's first No 1 in 1952 and played Johnny Fontane in classic gangster film The American singer and actor Al Martino, who had the UK's first No 1 record, has died at the age of 82. His song Here in My Heart took the top spot when the New Musical Express introduced its chart in November 1952, and stayed there for nine weeks. Though 50 years have passed, only four singles have...
The Telegraph (Free subscription) | 14/10/2009
Singer Al Martino who played the Frank Sinatratype role of Johnny Fontane in "The Godfather" and recorded hits including "Spanish Eyes" and "Volare" has died aged 82.
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