Muscle Beach Party News

When I was a small child, every Sunday beginning at 12:00 noon, there would be a movie on television.

Frankie Avalon, shown here performing at the 2004 Sorrento Cheese Summer in Little Italy festival in New York, has sold his golf course retreat near Palm Springs for just shy of $1 million.

Frankie Avalon, shown here performing at the 2004 Sorrento Cheese Summer in Little Italy festival in New York, has sold his golf course retreat near Palm Springs for just shy of $1 million.

Frankie Avalon, shown here performing at the 2004 Sorrento Cheese Summer in Little Italy festival in New York, has sold his golf course retreat near Palm Springs for just shy of $1 million.

Singer and actor Frankie Avalon has sold his golf course retreat in La Quinta for $955,000. The three-bedroom, 3 1/2 -bathroom, 3,285-square-foot house looks out over a pool and spa to a fairway and the mountains beyond in the PGA West master-planned community.

Frankie Avalon and band at the Westhampton Performing Arts Center on Sunday at 8 PM.

The Merchant of Venom. The Master of Insults. Mr. Warmth. These were just a few of the labels given to actor and comedian Don Rickles, who in the course of a 40-year career on stage, film and television, came to define the tone and persona of the insult comic.

Frankie Avalon's varied career spans nearly 50 years and includes hit records, performances in more than 30 movies and running a successful natural health products company.