Frank Sinatra

Woman in a red dress laughs and claps her hands in front of a computer screen

This American singer teaches Italian kids to sing like Beyoncé

Music

Can you teach Italian children to sing like American R&B divas? Cheryl Porter can.

Posters promoting National Brotherhood Week in the US

Whatever became of National Brotherhood Week?

Lifestyle
Twyla Tharpe

Fly her to the moon

Arts
Rose Fostanes

A Filipina caregiver in Israel rockets to fame on X-Factor

Arts, Culture & Media

American Icons: Anything Goes

San Francisco group brings back mixtape popularity

Arts, Culture & Media

The San Francisco Mixtape Society meets monthly and is dedicated to sharing music in person. Attendees make their own mixes of music and share them with the group to be judged and raffled. The growing popularity of an old music sharing medium stands out in an increasingly digital world.

‘Come Fly Away’ with Twyla Tharp

Arts, Culture & Media

Twyla Tharp on her Sinatra-inspired musical, how she came to develop her art form, and the legacy she wants to leave behind.

Sinatra’s ‘My Way’: Deadly karaoke in Philippines

Arts, Culture & Media

Frank Sinatra’s “My Way” deadly to sing in Philippine karaoke bars as altercations over the song have resulted in several deaths.

Jerry Weintraub Knows Hollywood

In the entertainment industry, everyone knows Jerry Weintraub, and Jerry knows everyone who matters. He discovered John Denver. He produced Oceans 11 (and 12 and 13) and more than a few Karate Kids — as well as Robert Altman’s Nashville. Before that he staged tours for Led Zeppelin, Bob Dylan, Frank Sinatra, and Elvis. Kurt […]

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Fly Her to the Moon

Arts, Culture & Media

Twyla Tharp created and choreographed the new Broadway show, “Come Fly Away,” set entirely to the music of Frank Sinatra. She tells Kurt how she dismissed conventional dialogue, instead creating a narrative driven exclusively by the dancers’ movement.