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Eartha Kitt

  • Blogs

    January 20, 2012

    Pazz & Jop 2011: Alex Macpherson On Pistol Annies, PJ Harvey, And Why You Should Always Trust Diddy

    To supplement this year's Pazz & Jop launch, Sound of the City asked a few critics to expand on the reasonings behind their voting. Here, the British critic Alex Macpherson finds protest music and love songs that were worth holding on to past the end of the calendar year. Every year, I cavil about ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 19, 2012

    Jimmy Castor, R.I.P.

    Jimmy Castor was a smart aleck; a wise guy; a clean shit-talker with so much joie de vivre you had to laugh even when his truth-telling smacked you upside the head. So when he died this past Martin Luther King Jr. Day at 71 near his home outside of Las Vegas, far away from the streets of Harlem he o ... More >>

  • Film

    November 30, 2011

    For Shame: Our 10 Favorite Swinging Dicks of Films Past

    Jimmy Castor was a smart aleck; a wise guy; a clean shit-talker with so much joie de vivre you had to laugh even when his truth-telling smacked you upside the head. So when he died this past Martin Luther King Jr. Day at 71 near his home outside of Las Vegas, far away from the streets of Harlem he o ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 12, 2011

    The Dead Celebrity Cookbook Author Frank DeCaro Dishes About What Famous Dead People Once Ate

    Health CommunicationsCelebs might be gone, but not forgotten​While celebrities now get their food fixes at trendy restaurants like LA's Koi or Nobu, once upon a time they actually cooked. Eartha Kitt made a mean chicken wing, Gilda Radner whipped up a sumptuous apple cake, and Johnny Cash fri ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 25, 2011

    Tom Aldredge (1928-2011); Consummate Supporting Actor

    Tom Aldredge​I did not realize the extent to which Tom Aldredge was a hero of mine till the news of his death on Friday, July 22, of lymphoma, at age 83, made me look back on his half century of performances, Off-Broadway and on, which brought me several important realizations: I realize that, des ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 22, 2011

    The Voice: The Dominance Of Javier, The Rise Of Vicci

    via RickeyVicci Martinez performs "Dog Days Are Over."​I wish Game of Thrones was still on. It isn't. But hey, The Voice is still on! On last week's show, it seemed pretty obvious which four singers would make it through and which ones wouldn't. On Team Cee Lo, for instance, it was absolutely ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 14, 2010

    Drag Queens Need To Update Their Acts

    ​I love drag queens more than life itself, and I appreciate the timeless appeal of their Bette Davis, Marilyn Monroe, and Eartha Kitt impressions. It's important to keep those amazing legends alive! But if these impersonators don't mix it up and start updating their acts a little, they're goi ... More >>

  • Music

    December 29, 2009

    R.I.P. 2009's Jazz Notables

    Musicians who passed away during the last 12 months

  • News

    October 27, 2009

    Class Action Listings

    Musicians who passed away during the last 12 months

  • Theater

    May 20, 2009

    Obies 2009: Saying Goodbye to Tom O'Horgan, Paul Sills, and More

    To recall some great theater artists gone this year means looking at why we make theater

  • Blogs

    January 7, 2009

    This Week's Voice: The Death of the Record Industry, Kurtis Blow, Godard's Made in U.S.A., the Future of Art Criticism, and More

    In this week's Village Voice Music Section, Rob Harvilla talks to Rolling Stone vet Steve Knopper about his new book, Appetite for Self-Destruction, and the bitter decline of the music industry. Ben Westhoff breaks bread with Kurtis Blow in Harlem's only hip-hop church. Ross Simonini plumbs the ... More >>

  • Theater

    January 7, 2009
  • Blogs

    December 31, 2008

    Eartha Kitt, RIP

    Celebrities usually die in threes, so after the beloved triology of Yma Sumac, Nina Foch, and Betty Page passed on, I was horrified to find that Harold Pinter and Eartha Kitt had joined them on the great red carpet in the sky. Are celebs dying in fives now? And I'm not even counting Van Johnson!

  • Blogs

    December 26, 2008

    Eartha Kitt 1927-2008

    Celebrities usually die in threes, so after the beloved triology of Yma Sumac, Nina Foch, and Betty Page passed on, I was horrified to find that Harold Pinter and Eartha Kitt had joined them on the great red carpet in the sky. Are celebs dying in fives now? And I'm not even counting Van Johnson!

  • Dance

    August 12, 2008

    Larry Keigwin and Monica Bill Barnes Do Up August

    Summer flings with water, towels, and a romp in the park

  • Columns

    January 22, 2008

    Ass-Baring Parties Conquer Nightlife!

    These are hairy times, but you can still enjoy yourself, if Bingo is your game-o

  • Columns

    January 1, 2008

    A New Crisis for Britney's Sister?

    Watching a career sore. And hearing amid the praise for Day-Lewis: 'Huston. We have a problem.'

  • Music

    June 26, 2007

    Enough Is Enough

    At two prominent jazz festivals, bright moments and cloudy forecasts

  • Music

    May 22, 2007

    Discovering the Illmatic of Salsa

    A spin through the prodigious Fania reissue catalog brings new appreciation for an old style

  • Music

    May 8, 2007

    The Pointiest Sister

    A deep-house icon who dabbles in the occasional crossover pop smash

  • Theater

    November 21, 2006

    Diplomatic License

    Protesters, yogis, and lovesick U.N. employees make musical mayhem

  • Theater

    November 7, 2006

    Inanity Defense

    Why can't show folk tell duck from turkey?

  • Theater

    November 7, 2006

    Bitter Street Symphony

    An alley cat and a cockroach make aggravating music together

  • Columns

    May 24, 2005

    NY Mirror

    An alley cat and a cockroach make aggravating music together

  • NYC Life

    January 18, 2005

    Sweet Tart of the Rodeo

    An alley cat and a cockroach make aggravating music together

  • Columns

    November 16, 2004

    NY Mirror

    An alley cat and a cockroach make aggravating music together

  • Film

    July 13, 2004

    Meow Nix

    Kitty litter: Armed with bullwhip and skimpy leather catsuit, Berry coughs up a hairball

  • Film

    November 11, 2003

    Film

    Kitty litter: Armed with bullwhip and skimpy leather catsuit, Berry coughs up a hairball

  • NYC Life

    October 28, 2003

    Listings

    Kitty litter: Armed with bullwhip and skimpy leather catsuit, Berry coughs up a hairball

  • Music

    August 5, 2003

    Music

    Kitty litter: Armed with bullwhip and skimpy leather catsuit, Berry coughs up a hairball

  • Film

    November 5, 2002

    Sibilant Siblings

    Kitty litter: Armed with bullwhip and skimpy leather catsuit, Berry coughs up a hairball

  • Film

    March 5, 2002

    They Are the World

    Kitty litter: Armed with bullwhip and skimpy leather catsuit, Berry coughs up a hairball

  • Books

    July 17, 2001

    Portrait of the Artist’s Girlfriend

    Kitty litter: Armed with bullwhip and skimpy leather catsuit, Berry coughs up a hairball

  • Theater

    May 15, 2001

    Device Squads

    Currently on View: Puppets, Politics, Pianologue, and Peonage

  • News

    September 5, 2000

    Picture This

    Thrillers! Satires! Westerns! Indies! Blockbusters! Sequels!

  • Columns

    May 30, 2000

    NY Mirror

    Thrillers! Satires! Westerns! Indies! Blockbusters! Sequels!

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    May 16, 2000

    NY Mirror

    Thrillers! Satires! Westerns! Indies! Blockbusters! Sequels!

  • Film

    May 16, 2000

    Prince of New York

    Another Director, Another Hamlet

  • Theater

    April 18, 2000

    Agenda Bending

    Another Director, Another Hamlet

  • Columns

    January 18, 2000

    NY Mirror

    Another Director, Another Hamlet

  • Film

    January 11, 2000
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    September 7, 1999
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    December 22, 1998

    Jingle Hells

    Kiki and Herb's Blight Christmas

  • Music

    December 8, 1998

    Cole Comfort

    Kiki and Herb's Blight Christmas

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