On November 11, Simon and Schuster imprint Atria Books will publish Is That All There Is? The Strange Life of Peggy Lee, James Gavin’s comprehensive and immensely readable biography of Peggy Lee, one of the greatest…
Year: 2014
Blog posts
Eating With the Stars: Angela Lansbury’s Power Loaf
Was I afraid someone would pinch Angela’s loaf? By the blog’s third year, my covetousness had given way to a sort of Power Loaf paralysis and began to instigate the very thing I feared most: the recipe began to lose its magic.
20 Essential Aretha Franklin Cover Songs
Soul music is about feeling, not perfection. Though I do listen to younger R&B singers, they generally don’t excite me like Aretha Franklin has during her long, lauded career. Though I love Mary J. Blige,…
Stargayzing Quote of the Day: Pink on Being Imitated
“I don’t think ‘imitation is the highest form of flattery.’ I think it’s annoying.” – Pink on Christina Aguilera’s work with Linda Perry More Pink: Torch Song Elegy, Vol. 4: Pink is the…
“Cash Cab” Deception! The Totally True Story of How I Got Tricked into Doing the Show
The backstory of how my friend of thirty years, Elisa Casas and I became contestants on the Discovery Channel’s Cash Cab, the wildly successful but completely gimmicky game show set in the back of a yellow…
A 1978 Olivia Newton-John, ABBA, and Andy Gibb Concert in Stereo
I was doing some research yesterday and happened upon something wonderful: a 19-minute mini concert, the final segment from the eponymous 1978 Olivia Newton-John ABC special posted on YouTube by its original sound engineer…
October 6, 1963: CBS Broadcasts The Judy Garland Show Featuring Barbra Streisand
Frequent Stargayzing contributor Corinna Tormley and David Munk each share there thoughts on the historic performance. Corinna Tormley: I love Judy and I love Barbra and so was very aware of the show’s existence…
Eating With the Stars: Leonard Maltin’s Grand Marnier French Toast
Leonard Maltin’s Grand Marnier French Toast From the TV Guide Celebrity Cookbook, 1994 Leonard wrote: For any food lover, the ultimate food film is Babette’s Feast. Like Water for Chocolate is a wonderful food…
Stargayzing Songwriter’s Forum: 20 Questions With…Imani Coppola
As New Yorkers, who among us hasn’t experienced the discordance of entering a filthy corner market with the word “gourmet” boldly emblazoned on its signage? In the hyperbolic, marketing-driven universe we live in, where…
Quote of the Day: Boy George
“I’d got very successful, everyone knew who I was, but I felt very empty.”…
Joan Rivers’ Apricot Coconut Cake, in Eating With the Stars
Joan Rivers’ Apricot Coconut Cake Crumble 24 plain coconut cookies (about 2-inch size). Spread 1/2 cup of crumbs on bottom of 9-inch pie plate. Soften 2 envelopes unflavored gelatin in 1/2 cup cold…
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