Frank Sinatra

Twyla Tharp to receive lifetime achievement award at Tribeca festival

2013-04-03 08:05:00

Choreographer Twyla Tharp, whose work spans ballet, modern dance, jazz and Broadway, is to receive a lifetime achievement honor during this year's Tribeca Film Festival. Tharp is scheduled to receive the honor at the annual Tribeca Disruptive Innovation...

Redefining the 'real' Miami night life experience

2013-03-24 00:00:00

MIAMI —A cool ocean breeze cut the day's humidity. Dresses up to there in hot pink sequins and acid yellows colored the sidewalks. It was around midnight on a Thursday in Miami's South Beach neighborhood, and the evening was just getting started....

Oscars: Producers reveal how 'Losers' song happened in real time

2013-02-25 18:30:00

The musical numbers on Sunday’s Academy Awards telecast by most accounts were hit and miss, but in some respects the most impressive song wasn’t one of the big production numbers from “Les Mis�rables” or “Skyfall.” It...

Oscars 2013: Seth MacFarlane's seven worst jokes

2013-02-25 13:27:00

In his widely panned bow as Oscars host, “Family Guy” and “American Dad!” creator Seth MacFarlane lived up to his reputation for transgressive frat-boy humor by biting the proverbial hand that feeds. He attempted to bag on just...

Oscars 2013: Celebration of music starts with 'We Saw Your Boobs'

2013-02-24 18:54:00

"Tonight, for the first time, the Oscars have a theme," Seth MacFarlane said at the start of this year's Academy Awards, adding that Sunday night's show would be celebrating the marriage of film and music. Moments later, the host was cavorting around...

Library of Congress to unveil National Recording Preservation Plan

2013-02-13 00:00:00

A broad-scale plan to preserve the nation's cultural heritage captured on sound recordings and to make more than a century's worth of recorded materials more widely available for educational purposes is being unveiled Wednesday at the Library of...

Roy Brown dies at 96; designer of Ford's Edsel

2013-03-09 18:18:00

When Ford launched plans in the early 1950s for a medium-priced car so distinctive it would grab attention from blocks away, the challenge fell to Roy Brown to design it. The concept he came up with blared individuality. It shunned the tail fins that...

Hot Property: Actress Debra Messing hoping for an off-Broadway hit

2013-02-09 05:55:00

Debra Messing, who stars on "Smash" as Broadway lyricist Julia Houston, has listed her showstopper in Bel-Air for $11.995 million. The traditional-style house, designed by architect Paul R. Williams and built in 1937, features bay windows, updated...

Grammys 2013: Frank Ocean, Alicia Keys, Maroon 5 added to lineup

2013-01-31 12:26:00

Finally, some Frank Ocean news we can truly care about this week. The breakout singer-songwriter is the latest performer confirmed to grace the Grammys� stage next month, the Recording Academy announced Thursday. Ocean’s critically acclaimed...

Tony Lip dies at 82; character actor known for mob roles

2013-01-07 00:00:00

Tony Lip, 82, a veteran character actor known for playing mob roles on "The Sopranos" television show and in films, died Friday at a hospital in Teaneck, N.J. Family members told New Jersey's Record newspaper that Lip, a resident of Paramus, N.J., had...

Richard M. Walden, Operation USA's charity buccaneer

2013-01-30 00:00:00

Almost on impulse, almost 35 years ago, Richard M. Walden and a friend rounded up six tons of relief supplies and a jet to ferry them to Vietnamese boat people in Malaysia. Thus was Operation California — now Operation USA — born. A Times...

Barnaby Conrad Jr. dies at 90; bullfighter, artist, saloonkeeper founded Santa Barbara Writers Conference

2013-02-16 19:37:00

When Barnaby Conrad was nearly killed in a 1958 bullfight, his celebrity pals were buzzing about it at Sardi's in New York. "Did you hear about poor Barnaby?" Eva Gabor asked Noel Coward in her thick Hungarian accent. "He was terribly gored in Spain."...

Frank Sinatra

2013-04-17 06:23:00

Rob Zappulla, a featured vocalist with the Tommy Dorsey Orchestra from 2001-2009, will join the Columbia Jazz Band for a tribute to Frank Sinatra.

2013-03-14 15:07:00

Sandra Garfunkel, left, and George Garfunkel attended the last "Lunch & Learn" event at Weiner Banquet Center in Kravis Center's Cohen Pavilion. It showcased Frank Sinatra's obsession with Ava Gardner. Photos by Corby Kaye's Studio Palm Beach.

2013-03-10 00:00:00