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Glen Head woman having fun wearing senior crown
sylvia.king-cohen@newsday.comIt was a monumental effort to get Carol Schulz to show up for the auditions for the Ms. New York Senior America. Good thing her friends were persistent, or she wouldn't be traveling to Atlantic City this month to compete in the Ms. Senior America Pageant....Tags: Retirement, Long Island, Lindenhurst, Citigroup Incorporated, Frank Sinatra
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Hi-de-hi! Plans to preserve Cab Calloway's NY home
If those walls could talk! Officials in New York's Westchester County are working with Cab Calloway's family on efforts to reacquire and preserve the home of the renowned jazz musician and bandleader. Duke Ellington, Lena Horne, Sammy Davis Jr. and...Tags: Music Industry, Homes, Duke Ellington, Cab Calloway, Lena Horne
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A Legend's Tangled Affairs
Associated PressFor all the grief that Sammy Davis Jr. took in life — remember the uproar over his embrace of Richard Nixon? — he's getting it even worse in death. Eighteen years after the legendary entertainer succumbed to throat cancer at age 64, his...Tags: Elvis Presley, Frank Sinatra, Richard Nixon, Alcohol Addiction, Civil Rights
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'SNL' returns with spotlight on presidential impersonators
The Associated Press"You can just feel it simmering," says Darrell Hammond while walking down the hallways of Studio 8H with his hands out, as if he can touch the energy around the new season of " Saturday Night Live" pulsating from the walls. The premiere of "SNL" is...Tags: Saturday Night Live, Jesse Jackson, Government, Political Candidates, Executive Branch
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Tyler Perry branches out
You'd think world domination would be enough.
But, no, Tyler Perry isn't satisfied by his box-office-busting success in four artistic genres: film, TV, books and live theater.
He's not content that, in the past 15 years, he's gone from living in his car...Tags: New York Times, Film Festivals, Cinema Industry, Flip Wilson, Tyler Perry
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Deconstructing 'The Candy Man'
Defined by talent alone, Sammy Davis Jr. was an inspiring entertainer who rose to stardom, embraced by a world that cast racial prejudices aside. Defined by his failure to manage money and his links to the mob, Sammy Davis Jr. became a tragic figure. ''...Tags: John F. Kennedy, Joey Bishop, Death and Dying, Lawyers, Frank Sinatra
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With Time Came Smaller And Smaller Clocks
Editor's note: Ralph Kovel died Aug. 28 at age 88. The Kovels' column is written several weeks in advance. Clocks have been made in forms that depend on the size and shape of the clock's mechanism. The 18th-century tall-case, or grandfather, clock was...Tags: John Ford, Patents, Copyrights and Trademarks, Metal and Mineral, Auction Service, Hartford (Hartford, Connecticut)
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Super Bowl hero Tyree out 1st 6 weeks for Giants
Associated PressWide receiver David Tyree was placed on the physically-unable-to-perform list by the New York Giants on Tuesday, meaning the player who made a game-saving catch in the Super Bowl won't be making any for at least the first six weeks of the season. Tyree,...Tags: New York Giants, Injuries, New York Jets, Buffalo Bills, Dan Rooney
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Beloit's Mindset List
Associated PressBeloit College's annual Mindset List, providing a snapshot of the world view of the school's incoming freshmen, for the Class of 2012: Students entering college for the first time this fall were generally born in 1990. For these students, Sammy Davis Jr....Tags: Stevie Ray Vaughan, Charter Schools, Family, Jay Leno, Burger King
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Hot Property: Cher selling her Malibu estate for $45 million
Did you feel the ground move and think it was just another earthquake hitting the Southland? Actually, the temblor was Cher finally listing her house along Malibu's Pacific Coast Highway for $45 million.
As far as Malibu goes, Cher may be the biggest...Tags: Rentals, Homes, Banking, Condos and Houses, Sharon Stone
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'Mister Lonely' Misses
Courant Staff WriterHarmony Korine is evolving, somewhat. The director of "Gummo" and "Julien Donkey Boy" has created visually and narratively ugly stories of losers and loners, films as uninspiring to look at as to listen to. With " Mister Lonely," at least the "visually...Tags: Madonna, Charlie Chaplin, Mister Lonely, James Dean, Shirley Temple
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Deaths elsewhere
Eric Lieber LOS ANGELES -- Eric Lieber, whose television production credits include the long-running dating show Love Connection, died Wednesday. He was 71. Lieber died of leukemia at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, said his wife, Peggy. He created Love...Tags: Freedom of Religion, Cancer, Buddhism, John F. Kennedy, Diseases
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