Edith Piaf

Oscars by the Numbers

2012-02-02 16:41:14

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Red carpet fashion statements

2012-01-22 00:00:00

With a lifetime of red carpet misses ranging from uncomfortably busty Guinevere gowns to something reminiscent of Grandma's doily tablecloth, Disney princess Miley Cyrus hasn't exactly been fashion It Girl material. Until now. The sleek and chic...

Cesaria Evora dies at 70; Grammy-winning singer known as the 'Barefoot Diva'

2011-12-18 00:00:00

Cesaria Evora, who started singing as a teenager in bayside bars on the West African island nation of Cape Verde in the 1950s and won a Grammy Award in 2004 after she finally took her music to stages around the world, died Saturday. She was 70. Evora,...

Pacific Symphony season to star Lang Lang and honor Ellington

2012-02-02 21:33:28

Jerry Leiber dies at 78; lyricist in songwriting duo Leiber and Stoller

2011-08-23 00:00:00

Jerry Leiber, who with his songwriting partner, Mike Stoller, created a songbook that infused the rock 'n' roll scene of the 1950s and early '60s with energy and mischievous humor, has died. He was 78. Leiber, the words half of the duo, died Monday at...

Influences: Patti LuPone

2011-09-28 16:33:11

Queen Elizabeth liner caters to formal cruisers

2011-01-24 00:00:00

Let the other ships have their rock climbing walls and their water slides, their come as-you-are and do-as-you-please ambience. On the new Queen Elizabeth, it's lawn bowling and croquet, formal nights and afternoon teas, assigned seating and fixed...

Roquefort, France: Where the blue blood of blue cheeses lives

2010-11-21 00:00:00

A cool water droplet hit my forehead as I descended narrow stairs into the caves. An overwhelming smell — ammonia meets dirty feet — assaulted my nostrils. Chilly, stinky, damp. It was heaven. I had entered the caves of Roquefort (rohk-FOR), a...

Book review: '13 rue Thérèse' by Elena Mauli Shapiro

2011-02-25 00:00:00

When Elena Mauli was a little girl growing up in Paris in the 1980s, an old woman named Louise Brunet lived alone in an apartment above her family. When she died, no one came to collect her things. The landlord allowed the other tenants to take...

Live review: Vanessa Paradis at the Orpheum Theatre

2011-02-20 21:37:52

U.K.'s Anna Calvi on her widescreen approach to music

2011-03-04 16:35:22

MOCA gets its hands on Francesco Vezzoli's 'Greed,' starring Natalie Portman and Michelle Williams

2011-03-18 16:32:48

"I regret nothing," Edith Piaf famously sang (in French). That's a very healthy outlook to have in old age, a study finds.

2012-04-19 16:33:00

A dancer of the National Theatre of Gyor performs on the stage of the Arts' Palace of Budapest during the premiere of the Ballet Company of Gyor, 'La vie en rose' a time travel of the French chansons' history with Edith Piaf , Maurice Chavalier, Gilbert Becaud and Jacques Brel and choreographed by

2011-11-22 00:00:00

Two great options tonight. The Bastille Day party at Petit Louis, which includes live entertainment, outdoor seating and a special $39 three-course menu of French favorites.

2011-07-09 10:09:50