As a 9-year-old, Wade Cummins performed imitations of Elvis Presley. So a few years later, when someone requested Cummins sing Presley's "One Night With You," while he was singing in a show band, Cummins was prepared. ...more

December 30, 2009

Wayne Brady is savoring a big year, with doors opening to him at Carnegie Hall, the White House and, in multiples, on "Let's Make a Deal." ...more

December 6, 2009

It was a hot night in Vegas in 1960 when three swaggering pals took the stage at the Sands Hotel to sing, crack jokes and live up to their personas as free-wheeling, fun-loving bad boys. ...more

March 22, 2009

Altovise Joanne Gore Davis, a dancer and actress and the widow of Sammy Davis Jr., has died. She was 65. ...more

March 16, 2009

Mardi Gras Dunedin style is set to set toes tapping with the hot sounds of two bands. This year, the 18th annual Mardi Gras in Dunedin, set for Tuesday, Feb. 24, will feature two of the event's favorites, the Gumbo Boogie Band and the Vodkanauts. Both groups have played at previous Dunedin Mardi Gras. ...more

February 14, 2009

The Florida Orchestra will set the mood for Valentine's Day weekend with "An Evening of Romance and Love Songs." As fitting as the program's lineup of classic love songs is its choice of guest conductor: Matt Catingub. ...more

February 1, 2009

It's the 21 Club for the 21st Century. ...more

January 24, 2009

Forty years ago, Richard Nixon made a remarkable marketing discovery. By exploiting America's divisions - divisions over Vietnam, divisions over cultural change and, above all, racial divisions - he was able to reinvent the Republican brand. The party of plutocrats was repackaged as the party of the "silent majority," the regular guys - white guys, it went without saying - who didn't like the social changes taking place. ...more

October 21, 2008

Ringo Starr, 68, seems to be one of those rare celebs who never begrudge their fans: They're always ready to flash a smile or sign an autograph. So it makes us wonder just how much pressure the former Beatles drummer must be under to make such a drastic move: He has appealed to the public to stop and desist all fan mail and autograph requests (ostensibly) forever. ...more

October 14, 2008

Joey Bishop, 89, the deadpan comedian who was ABC's answer to NBC's late-night talk show king Johnny Carson in the late 1960s and was the last surviving member of Frank Sinatra's Rat Pack, died Wednesday at his home in Newport Beach, Calif. ...more

October 19, 2007