Richard Bernstein wastes no time dealing with the radioactive subject of blackface in his fascinating new biography of the Jewish singer and actor Al Jolson. He puts the rightly reviled practice ...
Hollywood movie star Al Pacino worries about his life, and the Hollywood legend says he tells the Grim Reaper of Death to go ...
A few music lovers were musing about jazz a couple of decades ago when Al Jolson’s name came up. A notable musician and scribe remarked: “I wear headphones when I play his records because ...
About the Album: Rare early recordings, some live, of Al Jolson from Chip Deffaa's own extensive collection. "Swanee," "Medley: Whispering / My Melancholy Baby / Poor Butterfly," "Ma Blushing ...
Works in the artist’s show at the New York institution include a video installation in which he narrates a story of racially ...
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Penguin Press The famously private Scarface actor — who titled the book after the childhood nickname his mother, Rose, gave him from the Al Jolson song of the same name — says he wanted to ...
Pacino says he titled the book after a childhood nickname given to him by his mother, who loved the Al Jolson song of the same name. In addition to writing about his acting career, Pacino also ...
Borrowing its title from a nickname bestowed on him by his mother, who took it from Al Jolson’s song, Sonny Boy offers a selective survey of the actor’s life filtered through an overarching ...
This election is still a dead heat, according to most polls. In a fight with such wafer-thin margins, we need reporters on the ground talking to the people Trump and Harris are courting.
(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Matt Harris, Park University (THE CONVERSATION) Donald Trump made liberal use of ...
The famously private Scarface actor — who titled the book after the childhood nickname his mother, Rose, gave him from the Al ...