Kay Thompson

Gary Susman

25 Things You Didn't Know About 'Funny Face'

HuffingtonPost.com | Gary Susman | Posted 04.14.2012

Read More: Stanley Donen, Video, Diana Vreeland, Richard Avedon, Fred Astaire, Movie News, George Gershwin, Audrey Hepburn, Funny Face, Kay Thompson, Entertainment News

"Funny Face" shouldn't have worked. It was a musical with a borrowed score, based on a stage play its author had failed to sell, with a leading man pa...

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Rap, Eloise, Seabiscuit And Doughnuts

The Huffington Post | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Book Market, Laura Hillenbrand, Books, Anis Shivani, Seabiscuit, Mark Kurlansky, Kay Thompson, Doughnuts, Book Review, Bestsellers, Edible Stories, Rap, Book Review Roundup, Reviews, Unbroken, Oliver Sacks, Lara Ferroni, Eloise, Books News

"Autobiography of Mark Twain" by Mark Twain The American-Statesman Twain was insistent never to write a coherent, chronological account of his life. A...

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Kay Thompson: The Singer Has Ended But the Great Arrangements Linger On

David Finkle | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Tiger Martina, Think Pink!, Liza Minnelli, Jim Caruso, Judy Garland, Leonard Gershe, Sam Irvin, Ann Miller, Fred Astaire, Michael Feinstein, Bing Crosby, Eloise, Danny Kaye, Johnny Rodgers, The Plaza Hotel, Roger Edens, June Allyson, Tony Martin, Just One of Those Things, Ginger Rogers, Harry Warren, Andy), In the Valley (Where the Evening Sun Goes Down), Funny Face, Kay Thompson, Audrey Hepburn, Ralph Blane, Liza's at the Palace, Cole Porter, Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas, Ziegfeld Follies, The Williams Brothers (Dick, The Harvey Girls, These Are the Things I Love, Bob, The Trolley Song, Cortes Alexander, Johnny Mercer, Peter Lorre, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Don, Entertainment News
David Finkle

Think Pink, the recordings of Kay Thompson, former head of MGM's vocal department, is a must-have for anyone interested in first-rate singing, songs and arrangements.

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Liza Minnelli: Looking Back, Looking Ahead

Ellen Sterling | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Fred Ebb, Liza Minnelli, "Liza's at the Palace, Gene Hackman, John Kander, Las Vegas, Judy Garland, Kay Thompson, " MGM Grand, Vincente Minnelli, Raquel Welch, " Ron Lewis, Youtube, Frank Sinatra, " "New York-New York, "Cabaret, Entertainment News
Ellen Sterling

Liza Minelli wants everyone to know that they her new DVD, Liza's At the Palace, is in stores. The show played on Broadway and won a Tony Award for Best Special Theatrical Event.

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Mourning J. D. Salinger: An Appreciation From a Glass Family Junkie

Lesley M. M. Blume | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Style News, Books News, Franny and Zooey, Style, The Glass Family, Books, The Catcher in the Rye, J. D. Salinger, Louise Fitzhugh, Truman Capote, Lesley M. M. Blume, Kay Thompson, Holden Caulfield, Books News
Lesley M. M. Blume

As a sixteen-year-old, I felt that Holden Caulfield's suspicions and black humor and irreverence would inevitably position me as the sort of adult artist I someday hoped to become.

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