Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis

Is Barack Obama a Marxist? A reading list for Pat Boone

2013-03-15 11:49:00

Former pop singer Pat Boone appeared on Fox Business News and called President Obama a Marxist -- and he didn't mean it as a compliment. Now 78, Boone was the second-biggest chart-topper of the 1950s, behind Elvis Presley. Since then, he's been a...

Andy Warhol online auction is prime turf for celebrity-gawking

2013-03-01 07:32:00

Andy Warhol famously said that in the future, everyone would have 15 minutes of fame. But that didn't stop him from focusing his camera lenses and other image-making implements on folks whose ride on the wagon of celebrity figured to last somewhat...

This won't last: Beverly Hills house for lease, $600,000 a month

2013-02-26 13:11:00

How much would you pay to live where William Randolph Hearst and Marion Davies called home? How steep is too steep to sleep where John and Jacqueline Kennedy honeymooned? OK, rich kids of Instagram, what would you say to a Beverly Hills manse with a...

Fashion teams up with pop culture

2012-12-30 00:00:00

Body by Beckham Women weren't the only ones baring skin in ads this year. Fast fashion giant H&M debuted its first Super Bowl ad for the David Beckham Bodywear collection, starring the soccer star in his skivvies. During the London Summer Olympics,...

'Decades' of fashion history and inspiration

2012-11-21 00:00:00

Cameron Silver, owner of the vintage shopping institution Decades, has spent the last 15 years teaching Hollywood and the fashion world that what's old is new. And now he has written a book on the subject. "Decades: A Century of Fashion" (Bloomsbury,...

Retail Boom: A slew of store openings in time for the holidays

2012-11-25 00:00:00

BEAUTY / HOME ACCESSORIES D.L. & Co.: 417 N. Beverly Drive, Beverly Hills, (310) 205-0025), dlcompany.com. Candles in enamel apple-shaped boxes, Madame Pompadour candle busts, pocket watches with solid perfume inside, diffusers and curiosities such as...

Inauguration 2013: Copy Michelle Obama's first lady style

2013-01-24 06:00:00

First Lady Michelle Obama stole the spotlight at the inaugural festivities this�week as a sartorial knockout. Sporting a sleek new hairstyle, she proved with every outfit she is as much a style icon as her notably fashionable predecessors Jacqueline...

Jack Brooks dies at 89; longtime Democratic Texas congressman

2012-12-09 00:00:00

Jack Brooks hounded government bureaucrats, drafted articles of impeachment against President Nixon and was a strong supporter of civil rights in a congressional career that spanned four decades. But the Texas politician was perhaps best known for his...

Jack Brooks dies at 89; longtime congressman from Texas

2012-12-04 23:25:00

HOUSTON -- Jack Brooks, who spent 42 years in Congress representing his Southeast Texas district and was in the Dallas motorcade in 1963 when President John F. Kennedy was assassinated, has died. He was 89. Brooks died Tuesday night at Baptist Hospital...

The Sunday Conversation: Caroline Kennedy

2012-11-25 00:00:00

Caroline Kennedy, the only living child of JFK and Jacqueline Kennedy, wrote the foreword to "Listening In: The Secret White House Recordings of John F. Kennedy." The new book consists of a curated collection of taped conversations in the holdings of...

Letitia Baldrige dies at 86; etiquette expert, author, columnist

2012-11-01 00:00:00

Letitia Baldrige, an etiquette maven who served as social secretary to First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy and later wrote books and a syndicated column advising readers on good manners in contemporary America, has died. She was 86. Baldrige died Monday at...

Andy Warhol's 3-D 'Statue of Liberty' sells for $43.8 million

2012-11-15 11:42:00

An Andy Warhol silkscreen depiction of the Statue of Liberty created in 1962 has sold for $43.8 million at a Christie's sale in New York. The sale was part of a larger Christie's contemporary art auction Wednesday that brought in a hefty $412.3 million....

Jacqueline Kennedy's waffles.

2013-02-04 12:30:41

President John F. Kennedy and first lady Jacqueline Kennedy ride in the inaugural parade Jan. 20, 1961. The South Hagerstown High School marching band took part in the parade.

2013-01-22 04:01:00

Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson chats with President Kennedy and Jacqueline Kennedy at the inaugural ball in the Mayflower Hotel in 1961.

2013-01-08 07:34:04