On the rainy evening of the fourth of May, a small group of people showed up at 17 Murray, a bar in Tribeca decorated with Frank Sinatra's mugshot and one of those talking Rodney Dangerfield statues one might find in an Archie McPhee catalog, to celebrate the life and recent death of Read More
Marty Scorsese recently ducked out of a Bob Marley project and passed it along to another rock doc director, Jonathan Demme. They cited "scheduling conflicts" for the switcharoo, but what will Mr. Scorsese be working on instead? According to Frank Sinatra's youngest daughter, it might be a biopic about Ol' Blue Eyes.
But in New York City, the right provenance can make up for almost anything.
A two-floor, three-bedroom penthouse at 530 East 72nd Street, which Frank Sinatra helped Read More
Just a year ago, after releasing the strongest album by far of her career, Ms. Read More
Joey Bishop, the last surviving member of the Rat Pack, died at his home of multiple causes, according to his publicist.
The Rat Pack -- originally a social group surrounding Humphrey Bogart -- became a show business sensation in the early 1960s, appearing at the Sands Hotel in Las Vegas in Read More
Bring cash: Gino's all-union staff won't strike, after all. The ghosts of Frank Sinatra and Ed Sullivan may now rest in peace. Owners and employees at legendary celeb-haunt Gino restaurant (commonly called "Gino's") signed a new employment contract yesterday, ending weeks of speculation about a possible strike and potential closure of the historic Upper East Read More
“Who wants to close the Gino restaurant?” asked Salvatore Doria, co-owner of the legendary Italian eatery at Lexington Avenue and 60th Street. “There are very few places [like it] left in New York.” But, he said, he may have to do just that, as early as next month. The current contract for Gino’s 27-member all-unionized Read More
“Who wants to close the Gino restaurant?” asked Salvatore Doria, co-owner of the legendary Italian eatery at Lexington Avenue and 60th Street. “There are very few places [like it] left in New York.”
But, he said, he may have to do just that, as early as next month. The current contract for Gino’s 27-member all-unionized Read MoreUnder destruction? In today's New York Observer:
Let’s assume for the moment that today’s “independent” music scene is an aesthetically—or failing that, ethically—unified realm, and that its citizenry is capable of doing certain kinds of useful cultural work: indie rock captures generational ennui; indie pop distills wistful romance from wide-eyed juvenilia; indie rap wrestles with dialectical contradictions, etc. So far, so good. Read More
July 26, 2006 12:32 p.m. 7 pounds, 9 ounces New York Presbyterian Hospital Send over the velour sweat suits, size super-small! Sara Greisberg, sales manager at Juicy Couture, has welcomed a fair-skinned little fashionista who enjoys listening to Frank Sinatra and Elvis and staring at the world with her big blue eyes. “She’s a deep Read More
It’s not often you go to the ballet and see something with absolutely no redeeming value, but the recent Michael Smuin season at the Skirball Center was exactly that—two hours of glitzy junk, poorly danced. First came Dancin’ with Gershwin, an endless potpourri of routines to recordings of Gershwin music, from the obvious hits—“’S Wonderful,” Read More
It’s not often you go to the ballet and see something with absolutely no redeeming value, but the recent Michael Smuin season at the Skirball Center was exactly that—two hours of glitzy junk, poorly danced.
First came Dancin’ with Gershwin, an endless potpourri of routines to recordings of Gershwin music, from the obvious hits—“’S Wonderful,” “The Read MoreSinatra: The Life, by Anthony Summers and Robbyn Swan. Alfred A. Knopf, 576 pages, $26.95.
I believe, based on a lifetime of consideration, that Frank Sinatra was the greatest interpretive musician this country has ever produced. By that I mean he took the music and words of composers and lyricists, passed them through his own emotions, Read More
