Sandra Dee is another one of those stars who was not much older than me. Sandra Dee (April 23, 1942 – February 20, 2005) : Best known for her portrayal of ingenues, Dee won a Golden Globe Award in 1959 as one of the year's most promising newcomers, and over several years her films were popular. By the late 1960s her career had started to decline, and a highly publicized marriage to Bobby Darin...
The longest-running rock band in the city is on a roll again after a period of laying low in the early 2000s, when they remained a staple of outdoor summer shows, but cut back on regular bar gigs.
Seth Rogovoy, author of Bob Dylan: Prophet, Mystic, Poet, wrote yesterday about Bob Dylan’s Judaism. He is guest-blogging all week for MyJewishLearning and the Jewish Book Council. Perhaps the most surprising thing about Bob Dylan’s Christmas album is that it took nearly fifty years for him to make one. There is a long-established tradition of pop [...]
My mother was a WREN in World War II, and my aunt was a war nurse in Italy, and my father-in-law flew bombers for the RAF, my American cousin survived Vietnam, and now my children's friends are in Afghanistan -- a boy my son went to school with was buried in Saskatoon the other day. The older I get, the more I agree with Bobby Darin -- we the people here don't want a war.
Watch enough movies and you learn pretty fast that they aren't about reality, they're about entertaining us. Which sometimes makes the world of the biopic a little tricky, because not only do you have to work in the truth, but you still have to keep those butts in the seats -- and the results are not always good. Over at Moviefone they've compiled some of the worst movie biopics , and no one was safe...
Review: Lang Lang And Friends dropped by Orange County last night with performances by kiddie keyboardists, among others. The Orange County Register, Nov. 4, 2009. The Chinese pianist Lang Lang is probably the only classical musician in the history of the world to have his own limited edition sneaker. Dean Corey, president of the Philharmonic Society [...]
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.
Wayne Newton is telling fans "Danke schoen" after 50 years in Las Vegas and hinting that his latest run could be his last. But the singer synonymous with Sin City says he's leaving himself an opening in case he wants to perform after April.
LAS VEGAS — Wayne Newton is telling fans "Danke schoen" after 50 years in Las Vegas and hinting that his latest run could be his last. But the singer synonymous with Sin City says he's leaving himself an opening in case he wants to perform after April. The man known throughout the world as "Mr. Las Vegas" says retirement is possible, but that decision won't hinge on the success...
Wayne Newton is telling fans "Danke schoen" after 50 years in Las Vegas and hinting that his latest run could be his last. But the singer synonymous with Sin City says he's leaving himself an opening in case he wants to perform after April.
Wayne Newton is telling fans "Danke schoen" after 50 years in Las Vegas and hinting that his latest run could be his last. But the singer synonymous with Sin City says he's leaving himself an opening in case he wants to perform after April. The man known... Sponsored Topics: Sin City - Wayne Newton - Las Vegas Nevada - United States - Nevada
Wayne Newton is telling fans "Danke schoen" after 50 years in Las Vegas and hinting that his latest run could be his last. But the singer synonymous with Sin City says he's leaving himself an opening in case he wants to perform after April.
In a stunning convergence of teeth and propellers, Hilary Swank's Amelia arrives in theaters this weekend, inspiring Pete Chianca to look back at some other noteworthy biopics.
Mack The Knife, originally Die Moritat von Mackie Messer, was written by Kurt Weill with lyrics by Bertolt Brecht for their music drama Die Dreigroschenoper, or, as it is known in English, The Threepenny Opera. It premiered in Berlin in 1928.
Back in the day jazz pianist and composer Roger Kellaway served as Bobby Darin's Musical Director and recently he was Van Morrison's Musical Director in the recording of a live CD / DVD set, still to be released. Now you read our exclusive interview with Roger Kellaway http://www.rivetingriffs.com/roger_kellaway_2009.htm
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