Frank Sinatra

Lana Del Ray would die to Buckley's music

Music Gossip

25 Jan 2012

Lana Del Ray wants to die to Jeff Buckley's music. The 'Born To Die' singer says the late musician's songs - which include a cover of Leonard Cohen's 'Hallelujah' - would be the perfect soundtrack for when she leaves this Earth. She said: "I'd…

Mini Frank Sinatra singer to wow BGT judges

TV Gossip

21 May 2011

A pint-sized Frank Sinatra impersonator will wow the judges on tonight's (21.05.11) 'Britain's Got Talent'. Adorable Robbie Firmin, seven, will impress Amanda Holden, Michael McIntyre and guest judge Louis Walsh - who is filling in for David…

New digital print of The Manchurian Candidate

28 Apr 2010

John Frankenheimer’s magnificent 1962 psycho-thriller starring Frank Sinatra, Laurence Harvey and the mighty Angela Lansbury (at the top of their collective games), re-emerges on a lovely new digital print. Discover, rediscover and wonder at the…

Family Affair - musical parents and children

24 Jul 2009

Living up to a world famous parent is probably not the easiest way to grow up – just look at what happened to Luke Skywalker (though that was more 'galaxy' than 'world'). Mastering the Force and battling evil across the galaxy is nothing compared to…

Meet Danny Wilson

11 Jun 2009

This lesser known 1951 Frank Sinatra film was made at the time his career had stalled, two years after his only role of note at that point, in the Gene Kelly musical On the Town, and two years before he won an Oscar for From Here to Eternity, the film…

Kate Moss' Sinatra kiss

Celebrity Gossip

16 Aug 2008

Kate Moss was left "lightheaded" after she kissed Frank Sinatra. The supermodel - who previously dated Hollywood hunk Johnny Depp and Babyshambles rocker Pete Doherty - smooched the late singing legend after a chance meeting. She told Interview…

Sinatra-Basie Sessions Revisited

7 Aug 2008

Singer (and now concert promoter) Todd Gordon is no stranger to the music of Frank Sinatra, and has often turned to themed shows built around songs and arrangements associated with the great man. For this outing with the Marcus Pope Big Band (first…

Frank Goes to Hollywood

24 Apr 2008

The celluloid career of Frank Sinatra is celebrated in this season of some of his best films. Highlights include High Society (pictured), The Manchurian Candidate, The Man with the Golden Arm, a new print of Vincente Minnelli’s oft overlooked 1958…

The List of Adrian Messenger

27 Mar 2008

MURDER/MYSTERY (PG) 95min (Metrodome DVD retail) John Huston’s playful 1963 thriller is the solution to a regular trivia question at film quizzes: which movie features the combined talents of Kirk Douglas, Frank Sinatra, Burt Lancaster, Robert Mitchum…