Louis Prima

Louis Prima and Keely Smith are struggling to save a marriage. If their relationship goes down in flames, so too might their lucrative lounge act. They have joined forces to become a Las Vegas sensation, but the emotions they tunefully profess in front of...

Charlie Kennedy, a talented alto saxophonist who was best known for his association with Gene Krupa's big band in the 1940s, has died. He was 81. Kennedy died April 3 of pulmonary disease at his home in Ventura, according to his daughter Lorraine Sutton....

For half a century, hot or cool, the trial dramas of director Sidney Lumet have established a clean, gliding visual order even when there's disorder in the court. Before "Twelve Angry Men" (1957), Lumet worked in live television, a medium not conducive...

Hometown: Baltimore Current members: Felicia Carter, vocals; Bob Butta, piano; Amy Shook, bass; Eric Kennedy, drums Founded in: 1996 Style: jazz Influenced by: Louis Prima, Judy Garland, Mildred Bailey, Sammy Davis Jr. Notable: In the near future,...

Friday August 20, 1999      If he'd been on the Titanic, fewer lives would have been lost. If he'd accompanied Robert Scott to the South Pole, the explorer would have lived to be 100. That's how good Hugh Grant is at rescuing doomed ventures. And while...

There's been a freak nautical accident. Somehow a Disney Cruise Line vessel has foundered on the stage of the Auditorium Theatre, bringing with it an indistinct musical revue called "On the Record," in which 74 years' worth of tunes commissioned by SS...

Friday September 20, 1996      As delicately and deliciously prepared as the dishes it features, "Big Night" is a lyric to the love of food, family and persuasive acting. Written and directed by actors for themselves and their friends, it is a sensual...