How a box of tapes in the 'Billy Madison' director's garage turned into a Sundance hit starring the Beastie Boys, Sonic Youth ...
Richard Marx is nearing the 40th anniversary of first appearing on, and topping, Billboard charts as a lead recording artist. His initial entry, “Don’t Mean Nothing,” debute ...
The entertainer, who would have turned 100 this month, reinvented himself by starring in the musical version of Clifford Odets’s prizefighting drama “Golden Boy.” The entertainer, who would have ...
As the 1960s began, Sammy Davis Jr. was one of the most revered and highly paid live entertainers in America. He headlined in Las Vegas. He starred in prime time variety specials. He had even broken ...
Britt’s death was confirmed by her son Mark, who said his mother died in Los Angeles on Dec. 11. She died at Providence Cedars-Sinai Tarzana Medical Center of natural causes, he told The Hollywood ...
She was a white actress, he was a popular Black entertainer, and their relationship elicited racist reactions in 1960, worrying John F. Kennedy’s presidential campaign. By Clay Risen May Britt, the ...
May Britt, the Swedish actress whose promising Hollywood career was derailed by her groundbreaking interracial marriage to entertainer Sammy Davis Jr., died Dec. 11 at Providence Cedars-Sinai Tarzana ...
May Britt, the Swedish actress who faced racism for her 1960 marriage to Rat Pack star Sammy Davis Jr., died of natural causes Dec. 11 at a hospital in Los Angeles, son Mark Davis told The Hollywood ...