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Perry Como

The Fine Art of Pleasuring a Big Black Giant

George Heymont | Posted 05.08.2013 | Arts
Read More: Me and Juliet, Disconnect, No Other Love, Tony Martin, Rodgers and Hammerstein, Shotgun Players, Keep It Gay, Butterflies Are Free, Meghan O?Connor, San Jose Repertory Theatre, In the Wings, Stuart Bousel, Shipwreck, Anupama Chandrasekhar, Perry Como, That Big Black Giant, The Coast of Utopia, Tom Stoppard, Rosemary Clooney, Rick Lombardo, Patrick Dooley, Pastorella, Video, Arts News
George Heymont

Earlier this year, I attended the opening nights of two Bay area productions that could not have been more dissimilar. In each case, the audience's final response was telling.

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How Ya Doing Today, Mr. Como?

Rob White | Posted 03.24.2013 | Healthy Living
Read More: Jodie Foster, Perry Como, Emotional Wellness, Humanity, Mortality, Celebrity, Compassion, Human Dignity, Golden Globes 2013, Kindness, Healing, Healthy Living News
Rob White

Few people will forget Jodie Foster's speech when she received the Cecil B. DeMille award at the 2013 Golden Globes. Was it her charismatic stage pres...

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RIP Tony Martin, The Last Link to the Pre-Sinatra Era of Crooners

Tony Sachs | Posted 07.31.2012 | Entertainment
Read More: Crooners, Tony Bennett, Ray Noble, Dick Haymes, Perry Como, Cyd Charisse, I Get Ideas, Tony Martin, Bobby Darin, Frank Sinatra, Russ Columbo, La Vie en Rose, Bing Crosby, Male Pop Vocalists, Entertainment News
Tony Sachs

When I saw him perform in person, he was in his mid-90s, and his voice was a frail, delicate husk of the booming, powerful instrument it had been in decades past. But the technique, the style, remained virtually unchanged. It was like witnessing a music history lesson in the flesh.

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Marta Eggerth, Operetta Superstar, Turning 100

Michael Sigman | Posted 04.10.2012 | Arts
Read More: Marjan Kiepura, Georg Solti, Robert Stolz, Oscar Straus, Operetta, Franz Lehar, Perry Como, Gustav Mahler, Woody Guthrie, Jan Kiepura, Marta Eggerth, Judy Garland, Fritz Kreisler, Video, Arts News
Michael Sigman

There's no denying either the sheer beauty of Eggerth's singing or the overwhelming accomplishments of a (so far) 90-year career.

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Japan's Grief Is the World's Grief. It Wasn't Always Like This.

Tom Alderman | Posted 05.25.2011 | Books
Read More: Japanese Army, Jitterbug, Hubba Hubba, Geneva Convention, Olympic Winner, Pow, Wwii, Greatest Generation, Louis Zamperini, The Bird, Olympic Gold, Laura Hillenbrand, Perry Como, The Bridge on the River Kwai, Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Medical Experiments, Judo, B-29 Bomber, Random House Audio, Edward Herrmann, Hogan's Heroes, Beriberi, Denue Fever, Books News
Tom Alderman

The reason Unbroken sits atop various best seller lists is, like all well-told stories, it pits a compelling and tenacious hero against an unrelenting and sadistic villain.

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PLAY > SKIP: New Holiday Music for Dec. 14

Shawn Amos | Posted 05.25.2011 | Entertainment
Read More: Glee, Katharine McPhee, Perry Como, Mariah Carey, Annie Lennox, Entertainment News
Shawn Amos

Should you buy new music from the cast of Glee, Mariah Carey, Annie Lennox, and >Idol alum Katharine McPhee and classic holiday tunes from Perry Como? Take a listen, and decide for yourself.

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Robert De Niro Upstages Denver In Kirk Jones' Everybody's Fine

Michael Bialas | Posted 05.25.2011 | Denver
Read More: Kirk Jones, Beatles, Perry Como, Denver Film Festival, Paul McCartney, Colorado, Frank Sinatra, Melissa Leo, Kate Beckinsale, Sam Rockwell, Denver, Jack Nicholson, Drew Barrymore, Robert De Niro, Michael Douglas, Mirmax, Denver News
Michael Bialas

Denver plays a small part in Everybody's Fine, the tearjerking family drama disguised in recent trailers as a feel-good holiday film starring Robert De Niro.

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