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Karaoke crooner ; 'Downtown' Jerry Brown rediscovered his love for singing through karaoke
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Eighty-year-old "Downtown" Jerry Brown is sitting at a table at
Legend's, waiting for karaoke to begin. On the table sits a book
full of CDs, his CDs, the ones he has recorded at home. He takes one
out and cleans it, wiping it down before giving it to the DJ to
play.
After a few other fellow karaoke singers take the stage,
including Jerry's girlfriend, Pat Smith, singing "These Boots Were
Made for Walking," it's Jerry's turn. He's starting the night with
Elvis' "Are You Lonesome Tonight?"
While most people singing facing the monitor, reading the words
as they sing, Jerry faces the crowd. He ...
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Nazimova: A Biography
Magazine article from: The Women's Review of Books
; You do know Nazimova, don't you?" the editor...renowned Moscow Art Theatre, Alla Nazimova emigrated to the United...Review of Books. Drawing on Nazimova's unpublished autobiography...wife and children. When Alla was three years old, her...
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NAZIMOVA: FORGOTTEN STAR OF STAGE, SCREEN
Newspaper article from: The Boston Globe
; ...probably have nominated Alla Nazimova. She inspired Eugene...theatrical history. Nazimova was exploited by hangers...moved to Switzerland, Alla was farmed out to peasants...personality" acting. Nazimova's career really began...
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Film stars Brownie, Nazimova duked it out for top billing.
Newspaper article from: The Florida Times Union
; ...that to Jacksonville in 1919. Let us first consider Nazimova. Nazimova was the biggest movie star of all. Bigger even than...notions department at Furchgott's.) By 1919, Alla Nazimova was the biggest moneymaker for Louis B. Meyer...
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 "Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Seattle, WA)")
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NAZIMOVA BIO REVISITS NEGLECTED CHAPTER OF SERIOUS THEATER HISTORY.(Lifestyle)(Review)
Newspaper article from: Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Seattle, WA)
; ...playgoers would probably have nominated Alla Nazimova. She inspired Eugene O'Neill...the family moved to Switzerland, Alla was farmed out to peasants in remote...For a brief slice of the '20s, Nazimova (always referred to as ``Madam...
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A lost star in the artistic firmament.(Books)
Newspaper article from: The Washington Times
; ...s reasonable and highly readable biography, Alla Nazimova may finally be getting her due. The Russian...Her mother, Sonya, came up with the nickname "Alla," and Alla chose "Nazimova" when Yakov, her father - a remarkable brute...
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 "The Birmingham Post (England)")
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Culture: Books: Silent icon's early demise; Valentino: The First Superstar. By Noel Botham (Metro, pounds 16.99). Reviewed by Caroline Foulkes.(Features)
Newspaper article from: The Birmingham Post (England)
; ...Camille while she was working as costume designer for actress Alla Nazimova. Nazimova, a renowned lesbian, made no secret of her dislike for Valentino, yet Rambova, who many assumed was Alla's lover, was not the first woman he was to meet through...
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The meaning behind the lines: how Ibsen's toughness and Chekhov's tenderness transformed American playwriting and acting.(Theater)(Henrik Ibsen and Anton Chekhov)(Critical essay)
Magazine article from: American Scholar
; ...lasted more than a month until Nazimova showed Americans what all the fuss...told critic Alexander Woollcott. Nazimova conversely understood Hedda as...different place than it had been before Alla Nazimova landed in New York and started...
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A THOUGHT ABOUT LENI RIEFENSTAHL, MAYA DEREN, AND GAY AND LESBIAN FILM
Magazine article from: Millennium Film Journal
; ...possible. Next on my list was Alla Nazimova's Salome (1922), directed...Moscow Art Theater in Russia, Nazimova was forced out of the troupe for...stage manager was Emma Goldman. Nazimova was the first person to bring the...
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The heart of Valentino.(Arts)
Newspaper article from: The Washington Times
; ...preposterously ornate member of Alla Nazimova's circle. She left a distinctive design imprint on two of Nazimova's features: a 1921 "Camille...respects but hastened a plunge in Nazimova's reputation when new and stupefying...
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 "The Advocate (The national gay & lesbian newsmagazine)")
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The Girls: Sappho Goes to Hollywood.(Review)(Brief Article)
Magazine article from: The Advocate (The national gay & lesbian newsmagazine)
; ...Dietrich, Mercedes de Acosta, Alla Nazimova, and Tallulah Bankhead. Then...in the silent era with actresses Nazimova and Natacha Rambova (who married...Emma Goldman, briefly a lover of Nazimova. McLellan speculates that Goldman...
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