Dorsey, Tommy (1905-1956)
A trombone-player known for his warm, silken tone on ballads as well as upbeat improvisations, Tommy Dorsey, "The Sentimental Gentleman of Swing," led one of th...
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Janet Blair, the vivacious actress who appeared in several 1940s musicals and comedies, then turned to television and stars like Sid Caesar and Henry Fonda, has died. She was 85.Blair died Monday f...
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Come close. Closer. Full embrace. Chest to chest. Arms entwined. Don’t let go. When the music starts – snappy, jazzy, quick, by Benny Goodman, perhaps, or Tommy Dorsey or Artie Shaw ...
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The horse clop-clopped to the top of a 40-foot ramp, and a comely bathing beauty jumped on, wrapping her arms around the animal's neck and preparing for a spectacular plunge.
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Tonic announced via email on Wednesday the lineup for its final week of shows.
On its Web site, management of the soon-shuttering nine-year-old "home for avant-garde, creative, and experimental m...
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The jabbering, meandering and ossified movie that Robert Altman has made from Garrison Keillor’s lumbering, affected and pointless audio curiosity A Prairie Home Companion is not a movie at a...
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The jabbering, meandering and ossified movie that Robert Altman has made from Garrison Keillor’s lumbering, affected and pointless audio curiosity A Prairie Home Companion is not a movie at a...
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No more torrid tamale jokes. When Rita Moreno kicks off the new cabaret season at the plush little Café Carlyle by jokingly introducing herself as Chita Rivera, you know both Rita and Chita ar...
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Dorsey, Tommy (1905-1956)
1940s actress Janet Blair dies at 85
