Discover the Grammy-winning conductor, pianist and composer. A National Medal of Arts recipient and longtime music director of the San Francisco Symphony, he helped set the standard that an American orchestra should champion modern American music. "American Masters—Michael Tilson Thomas: Where Now Is" premieres nationwide ...
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By Michael Epstein “I just want sashimi. Kitcho. 45th Street. Look up in the phonebook. Say who it’s for. Yoko Ono, not me. Say it’s for Yoko Ono. Otherwise I don’t get it.” It was August 1980 and John Lennon was back in the studio. ...
After John Lennon and Yoko Ono separated in 1973, Lennon spent much of his time in Los Angeles. But before he left New York, May Pang, production coordinator for Ono and Lennon, recalled Lennon saying, “I’m ready.” “And I looked at him and said, ‘What ...
Born in Los Angeles, Michael Tilson Thomas is the third generation of his family to pursue an artistic career. His grandparents, Boris and Bessie Thomashefsky, were founding members of the Yiddish Theater in America; his father, Ted Thomas, was a producer at the Mercury Theater ...
Elton John speaks about a performance he gave with John Lennon at Madison Square Garden, which turned out to be Lennon's last. Elton John describes what he says is "the greatest ovation I've ever heard for anyone in my whole life."
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From "Pop! Goes the Weasel" on Laura's birthday in "Little House on the Big Woods" to the final chapter of "These Happy Golden Years" (a title which itself is taken from a song), the pages of Laura Ingalls Wilder's "Little House" books are filled with ...
By Ben Loeterman Walter Winchell: The Power of Gossip, written, produced and directed by Ben Loeterman and narrated by Whoopi Goldberg, traces the fascinating arc of a flawed protagonist. The film explores the phenomenon Walter Winchell pioneered: gossip, celebrity, politics and news — all rolled ...
Loretta Lynn talks about the clothes her best friend and mentor, fellow country singer Patsy Cline, gave her, including her famous long gowns and a pair of panties that she never threw away. As Lynn's star began to rise, Cline also gave her advice on ...
Walter Winchell grew up poor in East Harlem, the son of Russian Jewish immigrants. He quickly rose from vaudeville hoofer to Broadway blabber by posting gossip about his acting troupe on backstage bulletin boards. Winchell’s career took off with a notorious tabloid, the New York ...
“I showed my granddaughter, how to make a fried egg my way—that is cooking it at a low temperature so that the white stays very tender and the yolk is running lightly, and the top is glazed. It’s one way of doing it, and I ...
