Al Jolson

Patty Andrews dies at 94; Andrews Sisters' last surviving member

2013-01-30 14:34:00

They were the swinging, sassy voice of the homefront for U.S. service personnel overseas during World War II, singing catchy hit tunes such as "Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy" and "Rum and Coca Cola" that delighted Americans and catapulted the Andrews Sisters to...

Review: 'Darkest America: Black Minstrelsy From Slavery to Hip-Hop'

2012-08-21 12:49:00

Are hip-hop artists such as Flavor Flav and Lil Wayne the new generation of black minstrels -- the African American jesters who used to entertain audiences with cartoonish, racially stereotypical shtick before the collapse of the Jim Crow South?...

Theater review: ‘Hello! My Baby’ at the Rubicon Theatre

2012-03-28 16:33:42

PASSINGS: Sybil Jason

2011-08-31 00:00:00

Sybil Jason, 83, a former child actress signed by the Warner Brothers Studio to rival Twentieth Century Fox star Shirley Temple, died Aug. 23 at her home in Northridge, her family announced. She had chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. Born in Cape...

Critic's Notebook: Jerry Lewis walks alone

2011-08-04 16:36:41

For Herb Alpert, a buyer would be music to his ears

2010-09-25 00:00:00

Grammy-winning trumpeter Herb Alpert and his wife, singer Lani Hall, have listed a house in Pacific Palisades at $2.6 million, the Multiple Listing Service shows. The restored Spanish-style home, built in 1928, has handmade doors, stenciled beams, fresco...

Encino home with a marquee full of former star owners is for sale

2010-09-10 17:36:00

A walled and gated Encino estate that has been home to actors Al Jolson, Kirstie Alley, Katey Sagal and Charlie Sheen at various times has come back on the market at $6.95 million. Updated in keeping with its architectural history, the 1934 traditional...

What 'Boardwalk Empire' really does right: American pop's salad days

2010-09-21 16:35:24

What are the 100 greatest Jewish songs? 'My Mammy'? 'If I Were a Rich Man'?

2010-12-23 16:34:44

Jimmie Fidler in Hollywood, Jan. 14, 1941

2011-01-14 16:32:58

Funerary urns as modern art

2010-01-23 00:00:00

They may be cast in steel, assembled out of driftwood, machined on industrial lathes or hand-carved out of salt, but ultimately all of these urns have two common purposes: to contain and to heal. Rather than be burned, buried or sequestered in a...

Visiting San Diego and San Francisco

2010-01-31 00:00:00

WHERE TO STAY IN SAN DIEGO Old: The U.S. Grant Hotel, 326 Broadway; (619) 232-3121, www.usgrant.net. Built in 1910, the 270-room Grant stands in the middle of downtown. It got a $60-million face-lift between 2004 and 2006. Its dignified public rooms...

Al Jolson will be honored by the Broward County Film Society on Saturday, Feb. 23rd starting at 6 p.m. at Cinema Paradiso in downtown Fort Lauderdale.

2013-02-21 13:33:00

Actor, singer and comedian Al Jolson, May 6, 1927. In his prime Jolson was dubbed, "The World's Greatest Entertainer."

2013-01-25 15:59:21

Lois Moran and Al Jolson in "Mammy," directed by Michael Curtiz. "True film buffs have been dying for this to come out," says Warner Home Video's George Feltenstein. "We all thought it was lost."

2010-04-05 16:39:00