Joey Bishop, the glum-faced comedian who was the last surviving member of Frank Sinatra’s celebrated Rat Pack of the 1960s, has died. He was 89. Bishop died at his home in Newport Beach, California, ...

Dean Martin sought a legacy of being a good entertainer and a nice guy. He believed success meant making people enjoy ...

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Few cities in the world have as many great steakhouses as The Big Apple, including classic time honored names such as Keen’s, Old Homestead and Peter Luger, along with branches of every high-end ...

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Comedian Nikki Glaser made her Saturday Night Live hosting debut this week, and made sure to tick all of the topical—and controversial—boxes in her monologue, making jokes at the expense of President ...

Backyard barbecue season is here, and there are limitless choices of great meat and seafood you can grill—if you know where to shop. It’s not officially summer yet, but Memorial Day usually marks the ...

My Mama, Cass A Memoir by Owen Elliot-Kugell Hachette, 262 pp., $30 HER IMAGE IS AS INDELIBLE AS HER SOUND: Mama Cass—Cass Elliot—in a pastel caftan, self-assured, earthy, and commanding the stage.

(This story was originally published in the Forward. Click here to get the Forward’s free email newsletters delivered to your inbox.) Sammy Davis Jr. was a short and skinny Black man with one eye. His ...

As the producer of “All in the Family” and many other shows, Mr. Lear showed that it was possible to be topical, funny and immensely popular. By Richard Severo and Peter Keepnews Norman Lear, the ...