Lena Horne

PHOTOS: Easter Sunday Style

Huffington Post | Julee Wilson | Posted 04.08.2012

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"Now they stroll up and down the aisles of the church, stars of splendor, beauty beyond measurement. Black ladies in hats," Maya Angelou writes in Cro...

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The Night Lena Horne Rescued the Joffrey Ballet: A Birthday Tribute

Susan Dormady Eisenberg | Posted 08.28.2011

Read More: The Joffrey Ballet, Lena Horne, Broadway, Luciano Pavarotti, Arts News
Susan Dormady Eisenberg

Lena Horne would've turned 94 on June 30, and it's been more than a year since the world lost this ground-breaking singer. But when I think of Ms. Horne, I remember her as the unflappable diva who rescued the Joffrey Ballet.

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Worst. Oscars. Ever.

Ken Gruberman | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Billy Crystal, Kirk Douglas, The Oscars, Lena Horne, Anne Hathaway, James Franco, Bill Ross, Academy Awards, Entertainment News
Ken Gruberman

I've even worked on a few Academy Awards shows and I've watched the show every year since 1958, so I can say, with a certain degree of authority, that this was the worst show EVER.

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Live-blogging the 2011 Oscar telecast

Marshall Fine | Posted 05.25.2011

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Marshall Fine

8:39PM EST Off to a good start with the hosts, James Franco and Anne Hathaway, inserted into scenes from several of the Oscar nominees, on an Incept...

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The 2011 Academy Awards: It Gets a C-Plus at Best

Michael Russnow | Posted 05.25.2011

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Michael Russnow

You know the writers are in trouble when they have to rely upon Hathaway's mother and Franco's grandmother to help out in the audience. All in all the show was mediocre, but not a disaster.

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Lena Horne's NYC Apartment Artifacts To Be Sold

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

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NEW YORK — An auction of 200 items that once filled the home of jazz singer and actress Lena Horne sold Wednesday for $316,000, more than double...

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Dead Folks 2010: Everyone's Pushing Up Roses

Tallulah Morehead | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Stephen J. Cannell, Obituary, Art Gilmore, Leslie Nielsen, Ted Sorenson, Peter Graves, Paul Conrad, Robert Culp, Daryl F. Gates, Lynn Redgrave, Arthur Penn, J.D. Salinger, Rue McClanahan, James MacArthur, Bob Guccione, Jean Simmons, John Wooden, Alexander Haig, Kevin McCarthy, Tony Curtis, Solomon Burke, Celebrities, Fred Foy, Tom Bosley, Eddie Fisher, Edwin Newman, Barbara Billingsley, Gary Coleman, Jill Clayburgh, Dennis Hopper, Lena Horne, Art Linkletter, Fess Parker, Dino De Laurentiis, Patricia Neal, Gloria Stuart, Entertainment News
Tallulah Morehead

Happy New Year, darlings. All of you reading this piece have something in common: you survived 2010. Not everyone was so lucky, and a lot of people, as always, took the off-ramp from Life.

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IN MEMORIAM: Remembering Iconic Arts Figures Who Passed in 2010

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Blake Edwards, Slideshow, Joan Sutherland, Artist Deaths, Lena Horne, Miriam Wosk, In Memoriam, Dennis Hopper, Kevin McCarthy, Tony Curtis, Arts News

Whether cut short or lived to the fullest, the end of the calendar year provides a somber moment of reflection to honor the lives of artists who've pa...

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What Smart People Wear

Michael Henry Adams | Posted 05.25.2011

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Michael Henry Adams

Watching to see what chic people wear is fascinating. One mightn't think it has anything whatsoever to do with styles from the past, but of cou...

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Abbey Lincoln and Herman Leonard: Truthtellers in Jazz

James Gavin | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Deep in a Dream: The Long Night of Chet Baker, Stormy Weather: The Life of Lena Horne, William Claxton, Herman Leonard, Wendy Oxenhorn, Dexter Gordon, Carol Friedman, Abbey Lincoln, Max Roach, James Gavin, Lena Horne, Arts News
James Gavin

Within two days last week we lost two jazz greats, both of whom gave us much more than entertainment.

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Lena Horne's Funeral Draws Thousands

AP | VERENA DOBNIK | Posted 05.25.2011

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NEW YORK — Lena Horne, whose signature song was "Stormy Weather," was remembered at her funeral on Friday as a shy girl from Brooklyn who fought...

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Lena Horne Dead: Singer Dies At 92

AP | VERENA DOBNIK | Posted 05.25.2011

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NEW YORK — Lena Horne, the enchanting jazz singer and actress known for her plaintive, signature song "Stormy Weather" and for her triumph over ...

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A Shining Star in Stormy Weather: Farewell to Lena Horne

David Wild | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Wikipedia, Blacklist, Tony Awards, Broadway, Stormy Weather, Lena Horne, Grammy Awards, Civil Rights, Quincy Jones, Entertainment News
David Wild

To me, Lena Horne was one of the world's all-time class acts, a freedom fighter, an original, a radiant beauty, an enduring icon, a brave civil rights advocate and a great lady of standards.

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Tour Time in Harlem!

Michael Henry Adams | Posted 05.25.2011

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Michael Henry Adams

New restaurants like the discretely-posh, delicious 5 & Diamond abound in today's Uptown. But the Cotton Club of Lena Horne, the Savoy Ballroom, Lafayette Theatre, Small's Paradise are gone.

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Protecting the House Where Lena Lived!

Michael Henry Adams | Posted 05.25.2011

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Michael Henry Adams

Never again in our history will citizens be forced to live segregated lives, not according to race at any rate. Yet once, not so long ago, this reality was a difficult to oppose matter of course.

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Week In Photos: Graduation, More Scares & A Farewell

Posted 05.25.2011

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New Yorkers were on edge this week, with multiple bomb scares and false alarms, but the city didn't slow down. President Obama visited briefly, the Ro...

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Lena Horne Was More Than Skin-Deep

Irene Monroe | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: African-American, Women, Women's Issues, African American Women, African Americans, Lena Horne, Entertainment News
Irene Monroe

Lena Horne discovered her light-skinned complexion opened doors for her. But once she got through she faced other racial problems, the biggest one being her light-skinned complexion.

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It's Raining All The Time: A Tribute To The Incomparable Lena Horne

The New York Public Library | Posted 05.25.2011

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The New York Public Library

Remember the artistry and beauty of the late Lena Horne (1917-2010) through the photography collections of The New York Public Library for the Perform...

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Huffington Post Readers Choose 10 of the World's Most Beautiful Older Women

Lesley M. M. Blume | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Aging, Beauty, Lauren Hutton, Meryl Streep, Julie Christie, Catherine Deneuve, Beverly Johnson, Lena Horne, Vanessa Redgrave, Tina Turner, Jamie Lee Curtis, Raquel Welch, Slideshow, World's Most Beautiful Older Women, Style News
Lesley M. M. Blume

Two months ago, we ran a feature titled Six of the World's Most Beautiful Older Women. To our amazement, nearly 900 comments poured in and the piece ...

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Harlem Chic

Michael Henry Adams | Posted 05.25.2011

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Michael Henry Adams

Seeing celebrities, the Governor, Danny Glover, movie maker Al Maysles and his son Philip, and George Faison, acclaimed and beautiful actresses Marcia Gay Harden, Tamara Tunie, and Bette Midler , people who, despite their fame, live or work in Harlem, is no big thing.

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Touring Harlem, Lost and Found

Michael Henry Adams | Posted 05.25.2011

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Michael Henry Adams

Are you wistful for that old-time Harlem?

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"Gay, or Straight, Black, or White: Love is Love, Right is Right!" Right?

Michael Henry Adams | Posted 11.17.2011

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Michael Henry Adams

Many activist gays have readily embraced the notion that "Queers" are "today's African Americans," with marriage equality an issue comparable to earlier more bitter struggles for civil rights.

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