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Watch a Preview of Amy Winehouse’s Last Recording

A trailer was released yesterday for Amy Winehouse’s last completed work. The song is a duet with Tony Bennett called “Body and Soul,” which will appear on Tony Bennett: Duets II. The song will be released as a video and a single on iTunes on Sept. 14, Winehouse’s birthday, and all proceeds will go toward the Amy Winehouse Foundation. Sept. 14 will also be the launch date for the foundation, which was founded by Amy Winehouse’s father, Mitch.   read more

2011 MTV VMAs Officially Hostless, Tony Bennett Joins Amy Winehouse Tribute

Despite promising a wealth of live acts featuring some of the latest and greatest in music and entertainment, this years MTV Video Music Awards will not feature a host for the night's events. Billboard originally reported in an interview with Amy Doyle, MTV executive VP for Music and Talent and executive producer of the awards show, that attempts to select a host were going "down to the wire". The website later updated the article to feature an editor's note claiming that MTV later decided to go with no host. This isn't the first year that the awards ceremony has gone sans-host; both 2004 and 2007 were also hostless evenings.  read more

The 40 Best Sesame Street Guest Spots So Far

The 40th season of Sesame Street premiered on Nov. 10, 2009, promising guest spots from notable figures such as...  read more

Tony Bennett featuring the Count Basie Big Band: A Swingin' Christmas

Deft jazz, pure nostalgia fuel legend's latest holiday outingIt’s no coincidence that the modern-day American interpretation of Christmas derives much of its imagery and aesthetic from the 1950s. From Haddon Sundblom's iconic Coca-Cola portraits of Santa Claus to the mass production of the candy cane, our current associations with the holiday season date back to a culture defined by the explosion of suburbia and the post-WWII nuclear family. And there's no greater evidence of this connection than Tony Bennett's latest holiday album, A Swingin’ Christmas. ...  read more

Christmas '08 Holiday Roundup

The frost isn’t exactly on the pumpkin. Here in central Ohio we’ve yet to have a frost. Still, the new Holiday (as in Christmas, not Halloween) albums are beginning to arrive, and I’ve heard a few I’ve actually enjoyed. Given the normal Christmas album fare, this is a remarkable statement. You might enjoy them, too....  read more

Tony Bennett

Sincerity. That’s Tony Bennett’s gift.  read more