Doris Day News

In the late 1960s, Doris Day filmed her last major motion picture. It was a comedy about the chaos that ensues when a widow and widower marry, forcing two families and two sets of friends to converge.

Percy Faith was one of the most popular easy listening recording artists of the '50s and '60s. Not only did he have a number of hit albums and singles under his own name, but Faith was responsible for arranging hits by Tony Bennett, Doris Day, Johnny Mathis, and Burl Ives, among others, as the musical director for Columbia Records in the '50s. Born ...

In the late 1960s, actress Doris Day filmed her last major motion picture. It was a comedy about the chaos that ensues when a widow and widower marry, forcing two families and two sets of friends to converge.

Perhaps Doris Day captured the feeling best in the film Move Over Darling . After being stranded on an island for five years, her character, Ellen Wagstaff Arden, has been rescued by the U.S. Navy and the first thing she wants to do is call her family to tell them she is alive.

Nellie McKay is known as a stylistically eclectic singer-songwriter who's also delightfully eccentric, and the cover of her latest album - "Normal as Blueberry Pie: A Tribute to Doris Day" - is in keeping with her reputation.

Danone has launched a campaign for its Actimel probiotic yoghurt-drink brand that focuses on humour rather than scientific research.

Director Fran DeVasto refers to the tone of his production of "Art of Murder" as "Alfred Hitchcock meets Carol Burnett." The Joe DiPietro script is a mystery with twists and turns, but DeVasto has also tried to give the show a comic edge.

"The Very Thought Of You" opens up the album gently and sweetly, and "Do Do Do" sets up McKay as a artist you can believe in.A McKay tackles "Sentimental Journey" with ease, showing her vocal 'chops' and maturity as a seasoned performer.

The curtain opens on a large room of a country estate, and one of the dominant pieces of furniture is a giant white rectangular box, attached to snaking pipes, that looks like a coffin.

With Nellie McKay, Marshall Crenshaw, Elvis Perkins, Zee Avi and A.A. Bondy. WHERE: Culture Center Theater WHEN: 7 p.m. Sunday TICKETS: Advance $12.50, at the door $18. INFO: www.mountainstage.org or 800-594-TIXX CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- Singer/songwriter Nellie McKay said, "There are the people who listen to my music and the people who listen to Doris ...

Hollywood starlet Doris Day was a household name back in the 1950s and 1960s and while she withdrew from public life shortly thereafter, she is still the top-ranking female box-office star of all time.

Carshalton will be transformed into the Old West this week when the Charles Cryer Theatre plays host to the Lyric Playersa new spectacular, Calamity Jane.

Dada Mail Betty's List Archives Nellie McKay & The Aristocrats @ Yoshi's SF Jazz Club - 10/16-18 Date: October 14th, 2009 Nellie McKay & The Aristocrats @ Yoshi's SF Jazz Club / Japanese Restaurant - 10/16-18 Link to online version of announcement: http://www.yoshis.com/sanfrancisco/jazzclub/artist/show/934 - "Bless the Beast and Doris Day Too" - ...

Name that tune Whatever will be will be: A recent survey determined that the most annoying word or phrase used in conversation is "whatever," easily beating "you know," "it is what it is" and "at the end of the day". Of course, context is key.

So I was watching the latest episode of Mad Men last night and I had if not quite an epiphany than at least an interesting thought.

Hitchcock's 1956 version of The Man Who Knew Too Much opens to introduce an American doctor and his wife traveling with their son in Morocco.

NELLIE MCKAY hadn't made it a block from her Upper West Side apartment when she stopped abruptly, leash in hand, halfway across Central Park West.

QUE Sera Sera and legend Doris Day has inspired 40 budding singers to form a community choir.

By STEWART SMITH Entertainment Writer Going to the movies is a great time but, let's face it, there's only so much of the typical Hollywood fare moviegoers should be expected to put up with.

Firekeepers Casino's grand opening is rich in giveaways that showcase the new $300 million facility in Battle Creek and offers a chance to win prizes, including a Cadillac Escalade Hybrid.