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Music Producer Rocks Old-School In Digital Era (PHOTOS)

Alexandra Holzer | Posted 05.23.2012

Read More: Dean Martin, Sammy Davis Jr., Jazz, Ella Fitzgerald, Shelly Liebowitz, Blues, La Arts, Shelly Liebowitz Interview, Shelly Liebowitz Music Producer, Los Angeles News

'Play' your dues Music Producer Shelly Liebowitz knows music and music knows him. There is nothing auto-tuned about this man what-so-ever.

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Review: Trust Me by George Kennedy

Carole Mallory | Posted 05.14.2012

They struggled, sleeping in doorways or cars until a woman named Dolly gave them shelter, but Dolly's generosity had a price tag. Torture was commonplace in her household, and she beat George and his mother.

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To Jerry, With Love

Rob Taub | Posted 05.26.2012

Read More: Steve Martin, Dean Martin, Jerry Stiller, Paul Shaffer, Friars Club, Jerry Lewis, Martin Short, 92nd Street Y, Robin Williams, David Letterman, Comedy News

On my ninth birthday, my parents took me and a group of my friends to see the Jerry Lewis comedy The Disorderly Orderly. It was one of my happiest childhood memories and I've always had a special place in my heart for Jerry Lewis.

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Bad Cocktails and Lousy Baseball: What Mad Men Won't Tell You About New York in 1966

Tony Sachs | Posted 05.23.2012

Read More: Four Seasons Restaurant, Forum of the Twelve Caesars, Matthew Weiner, Grey Goose, Johnny Mathis, Otis Redding, Dean Martin, New York Giants, Knob Creek, Glenlivet, The Macallan, Nobu, Canadian Club, Peggy Olsen, Old Fashioned Cocktail, Jilly's, Jon Hamm, The Monkey Bar, Roger Sterling, Szechuan Cuisine, Bob Dylan, 1966, Herb Alpert, New York City, Mad Men, New York in the 1960s, Pete Campbell, Frank Sinatra, Don Draper, Mantovani, Stolichnaya, New York Sports, New York News

There's a lot about the New York trod by the real Mad Men back in 1966 -- the year in which we assume season five will be set -- that would send even die-hard Mad Men retroheads scurrying back to 2012.

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Jeff Lorber Fusion's Exclusive Download, Plus Chatting With Chicago's Lee Loughnane and JB Baretsky

Mike Ragogna | Posted 02.08.2012

Read More: Michael Jackson, Sammy Davis Jr., Simon & Garfunkel, Jason Scheff, Chicago, James Pankow, Walter Parazaider, Hootie & the Blowfish, Al Kooper, Lee Loughnane, America, Billy Joel, Dolly Parton, Dean Martin, Steve Cropper, Darius Rucker, Taylor Swift, Pearl Jam, Leonard Cohen, Joe Montegna, Michael Bublé, Lou Pardini, Kyle Mooney, Blood Sweat & Tears, Phil Ramone, Bobby Darin, JB Baretsky, Frank Sinatra, Ray Charles, Robert Lamm, Video, Entertainment News

Come January 31, 2012, Jeff Lorber Fusion's Galaxy album will hit the streets. Here's a taste of the album, a track titled "Horace," that's an exclusive download for readers of The Huffington Post.

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What's The Greatest Holiday Song Of All Time?

Posted 12.05.2011

Read More: Dean Martin, Holiday Songs, Phil Spector, Christmas Songs, Irving Berlin, The Ronettes, Frank Sinatra, Frosty the Snowman, Fifty News

Try as you might to delay the stresses of holiday shopping and planning, the season is upon us, and that means holiday music -- everywhere. In shoppin...

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Scarlett Johansson Duets With Legend

Vulture | Eliot Glazer | Posted 01.28.2012

Read More: Scarlett Johansson I'll Be Home for Christmas, Scarlet Johansson Dean Martin, Scarlett Johansson Sings, Scarlett Johansson, Ent, Dean Martin, Scarlett Johansson Duets With Dean Martin, Entertainment News

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Woody and Jerry: Docs Celebrate Comic Genius

Marshall Fine | Posted 01.19.2012

Read More: Celebrity, Mickey Rose, Jerry Lewis, Match Point, Scarlett Johansson, Woody Allen, Anything Else, American Masters, Woody Allen: A Documentary, Diane Keaton, Soon-Yi Previn, The Patsy, Doug McGrath, Another Woman, Gregg Barson, Dean Martin, Tony Roberts, Muscular Dystrophy Telethon, Midnight in Paris, Louise Lasser, Letty Aronson, Steven Spielberg, Charlie Chaplin, Vicky Cristina Barcelona, The Nutty Professor, Gordon Willis, Robert Weide, Marshall Fine Commentary, Juliet Taylor, The Day the Clown Cried, Mia Farrow, Marshall Brickman, Gary Lewis, Pbs, Method to the Madness of Jerry Lewis, Oscar, Curb Your Enthusiasm, Marshall Fine, Take the Money and Run, The Bellboy, Diane Wiest, Jerry Seinfeld, Larry David, Quentin Tarantino, Richard Lewis, Hollywood Ending, Entertainment News

If you look at comedy in the 20th century, the list of those whose work has depth, breadth and longevity is a small one: Charlie Chaplin, Lewis, Allen.

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Here's to Rum Diary..a Movie Review

Carole Mallory | Posted 12.26.2011

Read More: Puerto Rico, Dean Martin, Manhattan, Richard Jenkins, Rum Diary, Giovanni Ribisi, Amber Heard, Bruce Robinson, Hunter Thompson Volare, Withnail and I, Eisenhower, Aaron Eckhardt, Johnny Depp, San Juan Daily, Capt Jack Sparrow Michael Rispoli, Entertainment News

It is a pleasure to see Johnny Depp in Rum Diary a film of substance. Finally Depp is without his black pirate eye makeup though he wears shades a go...

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Jerry Lewis Retiring From MDA Telethon

AP | KEN RITTER | Posted 07.16.2011

Read More: Dean Martin, Charity, Jerry Lewis, Labor Day Muscular Dystrophy Association, Muscular-Dystrophy-Association, Frank Sinatra, Jerry Lewis Telethon, You'll Never Walk Alone, Jerry Lewis Mda Telethon, Impact News

LAS VEGAS — After 45 years promoting treatment and a cure for children he calls "my kids," comedian Jerry Lewis announced Monday he is retiring ...

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Time to Say 'No' to 3D

Marshall Fine | Posted 05.25.2011

I've said it before and I'll say it again: 3D films are a scam. A gimmick. A rip-off. And it's time to stand up and say, "No more."

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He Named It "Grammy": A Conversation With Hunter & Stan Freberg, Plus New Robert Johnson Releases

Mike Ragogna | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Michael Jackson, Beanie & Cecil, Billy Crystal, Richard Dreyfuss, Kirk Douglas, Love Is..., Comic-Con, The William Tell Overture, Lassie, Friz Freleng, Jeno Paulucci, Grammy, Ken Nelson, Contadina Tomato Paste, Dean Martin, Hunter Freberg, Clayton Moore, Naras, Pete Puma, Steven Spielberg, St. James Theatre, Capitol Records, Time for Beanie, Disney, Roseanne, The Lone Ranger, Stan Freberg, Sunsweet Pitted Prunes, Sammy Davis Jr., Time, Elizabeth Taylor, Peter Leeds, Martin Sheen, David Merrick, Stuat Little, Anthony Hopkins, Harry Winston, The Writers Guild, Ronald Long, Ray Bradbury, Mel Blanc, Looney Tunes, Robert Johnson, Chuck Jones, Bob Clampett, Lark CIgarettes, Warner Brothers, Daws Butler, Penn & Teller, Advertising Age, Donald Trump, Richard Foos, Liza Minelli, Frank Sinatra, John Burton, Cecil, Entertainment News

Stan Freberg, Hunter Freberg. Together, they're like an institution.

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The Top 10 Most Dysfunctional Love Songs (VIDEOS)

Greg Archer | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: The Police, Dean Martin, Pop Music, Eminem, Britney Spears, Slidepollajax, Valentine's Day, Thelma Houston, Lady GaGa, Singing, Karen Carpenter, LeAnn Rimes, Love, Comedy News

I was driving along the coast when I dipped into that sort of "observing" space. Instead of humming along to the songs on the stations, I actually started listening to them -- and what they were trying to tell me.

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Kitten's Sunday School Streamers, A Viva Elvis Clip, Plus Conversations With Shelby Lynne, Ryan Montbleau and Middle Class Rut's Zack Lopez

Mike Ragogna | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Rob Christie, Bridget Jones's Diary, George Bush, The Church, Tea Party, Conor Oberst, Ryan Montbleau, Martie Maguire, Paul Simon, Al Schmit, Dixie Chicks, Sean Stockham, Zack Lopez, Jane's Addiction, Kitten, Dean Martin, Emily Robison, Martin Sexton, Gavin Mackillop, Heart, Allison Moorer, Echo and the Bunnymen, Filter, Middle Class Rut, Yoko Ono, Hardly Strictly Bluegrass Festival, Bob Dylan, Barack Obama, Dreamworks, Rage Against the Machine, Shelby Lynne, Leisure, John Lennon, Chloe Chaidez, Dusty Springfield, Spin, Midlake, Phil Ramone, Courtyard Hounds, Rolling Stones, Sxsw, Quicksand, Pil, Entertainment News

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Eat, Pray, Love and the Economic Crisis

Don McNay | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Small Business, Kentucky Guardianship Administrators, Civil Rights Act, Eat Pray Love, Dr. Lawrence Summers, Lobbyists, Retirement Plans, Fox Business News, Main Street, donmcnay.com, The Fed, Student Loan Debt, Lawrence Summers, That's Amore, Harvard, Goldman Sachs, Dean Martin, Move Your Money, Opinion Polls, Timothy Geithner, Debt Free U, Bought and Paid For, American College, Wall Street Bonuses, Lottery Winners, McNay Settlement Group, Msfs, Italy, Zac Bissonnette, Life Insurance Companies, Pizza, Richmond Kentucky, Chfc, Books, Elizabeth Gilbert, Charlie Gasperino, Kentucky, Third World Nation, Don McNay, www.mcnay.com, Student Loans, Wall Street Compensation, Clu, 24 Hour News Cycle, Charles Gasperino, The Italians, Wall Street, Wealth Withouth Wall Street, Vanderbilt University, Million Dollar Round Table, Son of a Son of a Gambler, Eastern Kentucky University, Public Financing of Elections, Eat Pray Love Movie, Ben Bernanke, Personal Finance, Luigi Barzini, Fox News, Arianna Huffington, Cssc, Books News

Liz Gilbert said of Italy, "In a world of disorder and disaster and fraud, only artistic excellence is incorruptible." I have pondered her insight for weeks. I keep asking myself the essential question. Is the US headed the way of Italy?

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Music to My Ears: The Rat Pack is Back!

Michelle Renee | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Sammy Davis Jr, Rat Pack, Dean Martin, Opera, Motown, Economy, Frank Sinatra, Fratellired, Gene-O Cole, Nat King Cole, Michelle Renee, Eugene Cole, Music, Natalie Cole, Life, Entertainment News

Eugene Cole, Roman Palacios, and Daniel Hendricks are accomplished artists individually, but the energy they bring to the stage as a trio is unmistakably magic.

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Ten Minutes with James DeJulio, President and Co-Founder of Tongal

Fabio Periera | Posted 05.25.2011

It's official: Google is evil. As one of the leading dark forces in the current net neutrality debate, Google has partnered with other large media and...

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David Hasselhoff: Ripped, Relished and Roasted (VIDEO)

Greg Archer | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Greg-Giraldo, Seth MacFarlane, Comedy Central, David Hasselhoff, Baywatch, Hulk Hogan, Jeffrey Ross, Greg Archer, Lisa Lampanelli, Pamela Anderson, Jerry Springer, Dean Martin, Joan Rivers Comedy Central Roast, Comedy News

The celeb sightings on the "red carpet" prior to the taping of The Roast had to be one of the most fascinating births of creative surrealism to come out of the womb of pop culture in some time.

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My Heart Cries for Mitch Miller

Michael Sigman | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Frank Sinatra, Percy Faith, Ben E. King, Ray Charles, Al Cernick, Mitch Miller, Elvis Presley, Dinah Washington, Jerry Lewis, Guy Mitchell, Connie Francis, My Heart Cries for You, Theme From a Summer Place, Carl Sigman, Dean Martin, Columbia Records, Entertainment News

Mitch Miller, the musical maven of middle-of-the-road pop who died in Manhattan Saturday at 99, became a household name via his early-'60s TV show Sing Along With Mitch.

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"My Favorite Mistake": A Playlist for BP and Its Latest Disaster D'Jour

David Wild | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: The Tragically Hip, Cowboy Junkies, The Rolling Stones, Bob Marley, Gnarls Barkley, Moby, Bp, Fela Kuti, Jellyfish, Tina Turner, The Ink Spots, Culture Club, Gregory Isaacs, Smashing Pumpkins, Gulf Oil Spill, Sinead O'Connor, Sheryl Crow, Dean Martin, The Flaming Lips, The Samples, Jonathan Richman, King Missile, Evan & Jaron, The La's, Elvis Costello, MC 900 Ft. Jesus, Brad Paisley, Entertainment News

It's become the new American Pastime. Instead of turning to the sports page in the morning, I find myself going straight home to HuffPost to see precisely how BP has failed to fix their mess today.

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Cal Neva Casino CLOSED: Rat Pack Era Casino Was Owned By Frank Sinatra

AP | MARTIN GRIFFITH | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Cal Neva, Rat Pack, Gambling, Casino, Crystal Bay, Lake Tahoe, Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Sammy Davis Jr, Entertainment News

RENO, Nev. — Before the Las Vegas Strip ruled the gambling world, Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin and Sammy Davis Jr. helped make the Cal Neva Lodge ...

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Arizona Governor 2010: Election BREAKING News

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Dean Martin, Arizona Governor 2010, Arizona Governor News, John Munger, Jan Brewer, 2010 Election News, Governor 2010, Terry Goddard, AZ Governor 2010, AZ Governor News, Arizona Governor, Slidepollajax, AZ Governor, Politics News

Follow the latest news and discussion about the 2010 Arizona Governor's race below. Email TwitterLists2010+AZGov@gmail.com if you know someone who sh...

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Childhood Christmas Wonder Reborn in a Place You'd Never Guess (Hint: They're Too Big to Fail, Too)

Yvonne R. Davis | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Gcc, News, Abu Dhabi, Muslim Christmas, U.S., World, Sheikh Hamdan Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Christmas Eve, Merry Christmas, America, United Arab Emirates, Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer, Abdul Raheem Salim, Dean Martin, Middle East, Oman, Global News, Sheikha Lubna, Bing Crosby, Christians, Sheikha Lubna Bint Khalid Al Qasimi, Mahalia Jackson, Oud, Wafi Mall, Willie Wonka and the Chocolate Factory, Minister of Finance and Industry UAE, U.S. Dollar, United States, Minister of Economy UAE, Nat King Cole, Santa, Arab, Abdul Rahim Salim, Santa Claus, Sheikh Sultan Bin Saeed Al Mansouri, Minister of Foreign Trade UAE, Christmas Tree, Christian, Duba, Dirham, Syria, Lebanon, Muslim, World News

I experienced the rebirth of the hope, excitement and magic of this holiday -- and of all places, where it came together for this resurrection was at the Wafi Mall in Dubai.

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Greg DePalma, Pal Of Sinatra and Willie Mays, Dies In Prison

Jerry Capeci | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Martin Geduldig, Dean Martin, Junior Gotti, Leroy Neiman, Liza Minnelli, Carlo Gambino, Paul Castellano, Big Jack Falcone, Westchster Premiere Theatre, Frank Sinatra, Joquin Garcia, New York Mafia, New York Mob, New York News

Gregory DePalma, a colorful, self-assured wiseguy, has died a lonely death behind bars. His biggest claim to Mafia fame was his presence in a snapshot with Big Paul, Carlo Gambino and Frank Sinatra.

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Jack Jones At The Algonquin: The Younger Elder Statesman Of Song

Tony Sachs | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Sands Hotel, Mike Rienzi, Sting, Las Vegas, Steve Perry, New York City, The Beatles, Dean Martin, Jack E. Leonard, Cy Coleman, Ringo Starr, Oak Room, Frank Sinatra, Jack Jones, The Love Boat, Alan & Marilyn Bergman, George Gershwin, Algonquin Hotel, Entertainment News

In the '90s, Jones finally embraced his younger-elder statesman status, turning, for the most part (although not completely), away from Sting and Steve Perry back to Gershwin, Cy Coleman and the like.

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