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The Sonny & Cher Reinvention Act of 1971, by Rick Hough
Did you ever wonder how the beatnik anti-establishment Sonny & Cher of the mid-1960s became the most popular mainstream couple in the country by the the early 1970s? Guest columnist and Sonny & Cher…
The Science of Music: Same Old Song
THE kids these days play their music too loud and it all sounds the same. Old fogies familiar with such sentiments will be happy to hear that maths bears them out. An analysis published…
#DIFF: Interview with Do I Sound Gay? Director David Thorpe
When I first scanned the program of over 160 films scheduled for the Ninth Annual Dallas International Film Festival, Do I Sound Gay? resonated in a particularly personal way. As the title suggests, the documentary…
A List of Songs Stephen Sondheim Wishes He Wrote Himself (At Least in Part), Volume 3
This most interesting list of songs Broadway legend Stephen Sondheim wishes he wrote himself (at least in part), originally appeared in the New York Times Magazine in 2000 and was a fascinating sidebar to…
Living Stars of Hollywood’s Golden Era, Volume 2
The feedback to the first edition of Stargayzing’s 30 Stars of Hollywood’s Golden Era Who Are Still Alive feature was so positive—as of this writing it is the blog’s most highly read piece)—that I have prepared…
A List of Songs Stephen Sondheim Wishes He Wrote Himself (At Least in Part), Volume 2
This most interesting list of songs Broadway legend Stephen Sondheim wishes he wrote himself (at least in part), originally appeared in the New York Times Magazine in 2000 and was a fascinating sidebar to…
Christopher Lee (1922 – 2015)
“I was once asked what I thought was the most disquieting thing you could see on the screen and I said, ‘An open door.'” The lauded English actor Christopher Lee, who died on June…
Movie Quote of the Day: Cinematographer Jack Cardiff on Orson Welles
With all of the online chatter about the crowdfunding effort to complete The Other Side of the Wind, the last film of auteur Orson Welles, I thought this might be a great time to…
Stargayzing Songwriter’s Forum: 20 Questions with…Andy “Coati Mundi” Hernandez
Coati Mundi Hernandez, better known as “Coati Mundi,” is a show business original and music business survivor. He was born Andy Hernandez in Spanish Harlem New York City and was a founding member of not…
The Moment Charlie Chaplin Met Helen Keller
This photograph of Helen Keller meeting Charlie Chaplin has been circulating on the Internet for quite a while. Every time I come across it I am captivated, both by the image itself—two extremely famous…
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