I had dinner last night with my friend, Phoebe, who’s one of those people I need to prepare for properly because she’s like a walking encyclopedia of popular culture. Luckily, I had just finished reading To Kill A Mocking Bird, which was written in the 1960s by the mysterious genius Harper Lee, so I was …
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In just TWO WEEKS, you’ll all be able to hear my big, big labor of love, Trouble In Paradise … and I absolutely cannot WAIT to share it with you! I mentioned a few weeks ago that anticipation is one of life’s great emotional pleasures, but I’ll fess up: I JUST CAN’T WAIT …
When exploring ideas for my music videos and live performances, I usually discover something new and get a little fascinated by it. And if you’ve been paying attention, you probably know that pretty often my new obsessions have to do with fun, fashion, and the fabulous 1960s! A few years ago, I played a …
My dear friend Merton called me up an hour ago and said, “Darling, there’s an Imogene Coca retrospective at the Museum of Television. They’re serving free martinis to the first 20 people who come. I’m ready. How quickly can you throw on mules and lipstick?” I told him the truth. I couldn’t join him. …
There’s always drama behind the scenes. Always. One of your backup girls has broken up with her boyfriend and can’t sing because she’s too grief stricken; your guitar player sprained his ankle jumping off an amp at the gig the day before yours; the zipper on your costume breaks and you can’t find safety pins; the …
The countdown has begun: my new album, TROUBLE IN PARADISE, is available for pre-order already, which means that — in less than one month– it will be AVAILABLE to the world!!! “But I can’t wait that long!” you cry. “Can’t I at least have a tiny tidbit to tide me over?” Oh, for pity’s …
My big show at The Stephen Talkhouse is coming up on Friday. Of course, this means aside from rehearsing, rehearsing, rehearsing, I’ve been thinking about something else very important to the performance: My on-stage style! While looking for some inspiration, I came across this little collection of beauty tips on “The Gloss” website, which …
I’ve spent a lot of my time looking at photos from the 60s this past year, and I’m constantly discovering images that thrill me. What doesn’t thrill me is the obsession our country developed during that era with super skinny girls. 1960s supermodel, Twiggy Don’t get me wrong. I love a great looking skinny gal who …
When house music legend Frankie Knuckles agreed to remix my cover of the song “Reflections,” it was a brand new adventure for me. While I certainly love to kick up my heels, I’d never done a straight-up dance tune before! One of my favorite moments from the “Reflections” video! Since my song and my …
It isn’t practical at all, but love often isn’t. I’ve been obsessed with false eyelashes since I was old enough to realize Marilyn Monroe’s allure was, to a large part, thanks to the good folks at Maybelline. Women have been wearing false eyelashes for decades. Once, the territory of makeup artists in movie studios, …
When I first heard that the Godfather of House Music himself, Frankie Knuckles, and the hip-as-hell Eric Kupper, had agreed to remix my recording of the Motown hit, “Reflections,” –one of the tracks featured on my upcoming album, Trouble in Paradise— I honestly couldn’t envision people dancing to it. But then I heard their version of it, …
Elvis Presley strumming a tune inside Graceland, 1957 On March 19, 1957, singer, actor, and all-around cultural phenomenon Elvis Presley made a totally rockin’ real estate purchase for his folks by buying them Graceland, a 14-acre mansion just outside of Memphis for what was, back then, a mammoth price: $102,500. The King surveying …
WE NOW INTERRUPT THIS BROADCAST TO BRING YOU A SPECIAL REPORT: The premiere of the single and super swanky video for Isabel Rose’s brand-spankin’ new dance remix of “Reflections” is NEXT WEEK! The remix was masterminded by the late, great house music legend Frankie Knuckles (Ariana Grande, Michael Jackson, Madonna, Diana Ross) with Eric Kupper …
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Actress and singer Gwyneth Paltrow recently got all dolled up as a few of the hottest female fashion icons from the ’60s to the ’80s for Max Factor’s “100 Years of Glamour” ad campaign. Gwyneth Paltrow as Madonna and Audrey Hepburn As the ol’ saying goes, “imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.” …
Frank Sinatra in 1964 Who’s the most important person on Wikipedia? Well, according to an official online study, it’s one of my favorite crooners, Frank Sinatra! Dreamy Ol’ Blue Eyes ranks above even the King of Pop himself, Michael Jackson. It should be no surprise then that Frank Sinatra’s first New Jersey driver’s …
Production on the next James Bond film, James Bond 24 will soon be underway, and I can’t wait!!! Numbered “24” (it’s the 24th installment in the series), it will hit screens in Fall 2015. Thankfully, Daniel Craig will be coming back as that swoon-worthy secret agent who takes his signature martini “shaken, not stirred.” …
World Cup 2014 is about to be decided! In case you’ve been locked in a dungeon for the last month, I just thought I’d let you know that today is your last chance to watch the World Cup! This is it, folks. Until 2018, that is—and God only knows if we’ll even be here by then given all …
Burt Ward and Adam West in Batman (1966-1968) This past week, the news broke that the classic and kitschy 1960s Batman television series will finally be released on Blu-ray in November by Warner Bros. It only aired for two years, but it made Adam West famous and has developed a fervent following. I’m …
I’ve started to put together the set list for my next live show (which, incidentally, is August 15th at The Stephen Talkhouse in Amagansett and you can get your tickets here: http://stephentalkhouse.com/show.cfm?id=156084&cart). “I hope you’re going to include some classics,” my father said when I told him, during one of our early morning phone chats recently, …
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In honor of Pierre Cardin‘s 92nd birthday today I found a red beach ball, climbed inside, threw a white astronaut helmet on my head and some white Go-Go boots on my legs, and then I skedaddled right on over to The Four Seasons to meet my gayest friend on earth, Merton (you don’t pronounce the “n”) for …
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