Archive for the 'Video' Category



Frank Sinatra/Rat Pack Links For 9/20/07

Watch the latest videos on YouTube.com Chris Tucker is Sinatra Star
Mr S.:My Life With Sinatra Heads To the Big Screen
Frank Sinatra Running For Township Supervisor
Mr. S: My Life with Frank Sinatra is certainly one of the more entertaining Sinatra biographies to emerge in recent years. It will be interesting to see who’ll fill the role […]

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Sinatra/Rat Pack Links for 9/16/07

Rickles Tickles The Regis Funny Bone
Tommy’s 80th Turns Heads
NBC Universal Sues for Dean Martin Show DVD Rights

This last link is the most intriguing. Generally, companies the size of NBC Universal don’t initiate lawsuits unless money (or the promise of money) is on the line. In this case, the lawsuit perhaps bodes well for fans […]

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Frank Sinatra MGM Movie Legends Collection

SignOnSanDiego this morning carries a brief rundown of a surprise Summer DVD release for Sinatra Fans: Frank Sinatra MGM Movie Legends Collection (The Manchurian Candidate / Guys and Dolls / The Pride and the Passion / A Hole in the Head / Kings Go Forth) The surprise of the set are Kings Go Forth and […]

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New DVD: The Best of Sammy Davis Jr. Live

Blog Critic today published a short review of a soon-to-be-released Sammy Davis Jr. DVD: The Best of Sammy Davis Jr.: LiveĀ  Amazon is listing a release date of next week and a very good price $10.79. There isn’t nearly enough live Sammy material out there, so this is a welcome release for fans and collectors […]

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Rickles Book: #19 On NY Times Bestseller List

A few months back I announced the availability of Rickles Book, Don Rickles memoir. Today it appears as #19 on the NY Times Hard Cover Best Seller list. (My promised review should be available shortly.)
Along with any book comes the PR tour, and Don has been making the talk show rounds, most notably on Jimmy […]

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Time Magazine Reviews Ocean’s 13

Ocean’s 13, a sequel of a sequel of a remake of the Rat Pack classic, Ocean’s 11, is about to hit theaters and Time Magazine weighs in with their thoughts on the film. While the first remake was fine, I’ll stick to the original Ocean’s 11, with classic Vegas scenery, including sequences shot inside some […]

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Nancy Sinatra Guest Stars on The Sopranos

Last night’s episode of The Sopranos included a special surprise guest: Nancy Sinatra, who played herself in a brief segment where she sang at a private get-together. Nancy’s appearance marks at least the second appearance by a member of the Sinatra family. Previously, Frank Jr. appeared. One wonders if Frank Sinatra himself would have appeared […]

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Sinatra: Dark Star

A documentary that aired yesterday on the Australian ABC television network purports to offer new details on Frank Sinatra’s visit to Havana and his ties to the mob, including an interview with a waiter who worked at the club at the time and claims to have been witness to much of the proceedings.
I don’t know […]

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Video: Frank Sinatra & John Denver

Those who’ve read my earlier post about Sinatra and John Denver know that I believe this might have been one of the most unlikely pairings in showbiz history. And I’m not apt to change my mind on this point at any time in the near future. Nevertheless, video from this period comes in […]

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Turner Classic Movies Frank Sinatra Birthday Festival

As they do for many artists, Turner Classic Movies will be showing several famous and not so famous Frank Sinatra films on Sinatra’s birthday, December 12. Films to be shown include Come Blow Your Horn, It Happened In Brooklyn and the classic Pal Joey.
TV-now has the schedule.

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