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Occupy Raid Gets Sinatra Treatment

Matt Cantor — Thu, 17 Nov 2011 10:39:27 CST

Frank Sinatra and police raids: a marriage made in ... NYC. A local filmmaker has set the police raid of Zuccotti Park to Sinatra's "New York, New York" in a new YouTube video—and it makes for quite a contrast. As Sinatra sings about "the city that never sleeps," we see...

Sinatra Took 12 Showers a Day

Evann Gastaldo — Sun, 05 Jun 2011 09:50:44 CDT

Frank Sinatra was known for his handsome looks, and apparently there were quite a few showers behind those looks. "He was a guy who took about 12 showers a day," widow Barbara Sinatra tells ABC News . "I mean, he was neat. And he always smelled of lavender." Because of that,...

Suicide Guy Not Related to Sinatra

Evann Gastaldo — Wed, 04 Aug 2010 05:49:00 CDT

That guy named Frank Sinatra Jr. who attempted suicide Monday ? Not actually related to Frank Sinatra. Though reports indicated the younger Frank was Ol’ Blue Eyes’ grandson, a family source tells the New York Daily News that’s not true. Frank Sinatra’s 66-year-old son, Frank Sinatra Jr., has apparently never...

Sinatra's Grandson Attempts Suicide

Rob Quinn — Tue, 03 Aug 2010 03:01:59 CDT

Frank Sinatra's grandson is being treated in a California hospital after what's believed to have been a failed suicide attempt. The reclusive 32-year-old son of Frank Sinatra Jr., also named Frank, swallowed too many pills but was conscious when authorities responded to a 911 call from his home, law enforcement...

8 More Stars Who 'Unretired'

Evann Gastaldo — Tue, 27 Jul 2010 11:28:17 CDT

Just five weeks into her early retirement , Amanda Bynes is back —thank goodness. “As you let the good news sink in, possibly while IMDBing who Amanda Bynes actually is,” Mary Elizabeth Williams writes for Salon , consider eight other public figures who just couldn’t quit: Cher : “The diva has gone away...

Gals Who Zero In on Famous Guys

Evann Gastaldo — Tue, 13 Jul 2010 10:48:09 CDT

Before she became a household name thanks to her troubled relationship with Mel Gibson, Oksana Grigorieva had another baby with another famous guy: Timothy Dalton. She’s one of those Hollywood women who “use a series of famous partners as stepping-stones to their own notoriety,” writes Ben Widdicombe for PopEater . He...

My Way Killings Plague Filipino Karaoke Bars

Jane Yager — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 05:38:23 CST

If you sing My Way at a karaoke bar in the Philippines, the end may be nearer than you realize: A spate of killings of people singing the Frank Sinatra song has prompted many bars to remove it from their playbooks and many Filipinos to avoid singing it. In a...

Comic Soupy Sales Dead at 83

Thu, 22 Oct 2009 22:54:54 CDT

Soupy Sales, the rubber-faced comedian whose anything-for-a-chuckle career was built on 20,000 pies to the face and 5,000 live TV appearances across a half-century of laughs, died tonight at 83. A longtime friend said Sales died at a hospice in New York, which he entered last week as...

Kanye Lives! And So Do These Other Hoaxed Celebs

Rob Quinn — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 04:26:52 CDT

We're happy for you Kanye, but Paul McCartney's may have been the best celebrity death hoax of all time. An elaborate Internet hoax fooled many into thinking Kanye West had been killed in a car crash yesterday, prompting the Los Angeles Times to look at other celebs who fell victim...