Nancy Sinatra

'Glee' recap: Swan Song

2012-12-06 18:21:00

When we left off last episode, Marley had faceplanted at sectionals, causing all of the glee kids to drag her to a back room in the middle of her performance and basically get disqualified. So the Warblers win...and now New Directions' season is over....

'Dancing with the Stars' recap: Season 14 premiere

2012-03-19 19:30:00

TOM BERGERON! �It's so great to see you again! Oh, hi, Brooke, you're there too. Introductions: Notable for Gavin's fedora, Maks' open shirt and Martina looking more glam than I could have ever imagined.� And now they tell us no elimination this week,...

The Ting Tings take a long trip to 'Nowheresville'

2012-04-12 04:20:00

The Ting Tings — the English dance-punk duo of Katie White and Jules de Martino that will play Rams Head Live on Saturday — found inspiration for its latest album, March's "Sounds from Nowheresville," from three Jewish New Yorkers rapping...

Lana Del Rey knows how to love in 'Video Games'

2011-07-12 06:52:00

In a time where every artist utilizes multiple social-media outlets to make a name, it can be difficult to separate the aesthetic and the art. In the case of singer Lana Del Rey, the 25-year-old New York City singer born Lizzy Grant, she offers a couple...

Hoboken emerges from the shadow of Manhattan

2004-06-24 00:00:00

HOBOKEN, N.J. -- There was a time when this nearly 150-year-old city on the Hudson was chiefly known for its proximity to Manhattan or as the birthplace of Frank Sinatra. Today, Hoboken has come into its own. Thanks to a revitalization in the late '70s...

Liz gets 'intimate' with Whoopi Goldberg -- for charity

2013-03-28 02:30:06

"Leisure is the mother of philosophy." -- Thomas Hobbes. I recently spent a delicious week in the islands of the Exumas, which are part of the Bahamas. This happened while New York and much of the rest of the country was suffering from a "spring" spate...

Nancy Sinatra sells Santa Monica compound for $5 million

2012-12-18 14:53:00

When singer Nancy Sinatra put a Santa Monica compound she owned on the market last month, it appeared her boots were ready to do some walkin' — to borrow from the title of her '60s hit. But it seems they ran instead. Sinatra, the daughter of...

The Blasters' frontman Phil Alvin takes to the stage New Year's Eve after a scary 2012

2012-12-15 19:54:00

When Phil Alvin takes the stage for a New Year's Eve solo set at Joe's Great American Bar & Grill in Burbank, he won't just be welcoming in 2013. He'll be closing the book on a year he'd rather forget. “Starting in November 2011, 2012 has been...

Secret home deals of the rich and famous

2013-01-14 15:55:00

Despite the transparency created by the Internet information explosion, many celebrities and billionaires still try to approach home listing, selling and buying in stealth mode. This week's Hot Property column looks at Madonna shifting gears from a...

New Music From Steely Dan's Fagen

2012-09-18 05:02:00

The jazzy “I’m Not the Same Without You” is the first offering off Steely Dan frontman Donald Fagen’s forthcoming solo album Sunken Condos, available October 16. Fagen describes the smooth tune as “a gloss on those anthemic...

Gossip fades a bit as the political scene fires up

2012-08-29 21:55:08

"They pray to Jesus and bow to Ayn Rand," writes Allegra Smith about the tea partiers who are gathered in Tampa. I want to recommend that followers of this column might call up something call "Cluster#$%$ Nation" -- whether you approve of the name of the...

On the Town: Dancing up a storm at the Ford

2012-08-21 16:26:00

While some had no choice but to stand due to a sell-out, standing-room-only house, even those with seats at the John Anson Ford Amphitheatre took to their feet in a standing ovation following the Pacific Ballet Dance Theatre’s “Dance in the...

Singer Nancy Sinatra, shown here in 2004 file photo, has listed a Santa Monica compound for sale.

2012-12-06 14:16:15

Nancy Sinatra - Friday's Child

2012-07-13 12:46:00

@NancySinatra: "Nora Ephron died today. She was everything I wish I could be. Godspeed, Nora.

2012-06-26 00:00:00