The indictment alleges that Bulgari used the “empty box” scam to illegally allow customers — including Henry Kissinger, Frank Sinatra, Mary Tyler Moore, and Donald Trump — to avoid paying New York State sales tax.
Originally published November 25, 1986
“Put him in a raincoat and trademark fedora and have him walk the streets of metropolitan America, and he comes alive on screen. His cockiness and swagger make sense on a street”
Originally published June 20, 1995
As Raymond Chandler once wrote, “All us tough guys are hopeless sentimentalists at heart.”
Originally published June 20, 1995
“Nobody who played jazz was considered able to walk in and do a studio call. They were convinced you couldn't read, or you wouldn't show up, or you'd fall down drunk”
Originally published June 20, 1995
“Many jazz musicians don’t like singers, and some will go to great lengths to avoid playing for them. Not without reason. Frank Sinatra is a rare exception.”
Originally published June 20, 1995
“Sinatra remained white America’s last completely satisfying definition of masculine style — to somewhat disconcerting effect, let me add”
Originally published May 26, 1998
“Like Garbo or Chaplin, he looms over the cultural life of the century, defying analysis, because every generation has to figure him out from scratch.”
September 3, 2020
December 12 is Frank Sinatra’s birthday. Celebrate with a Village Voice special tribute from 1995.
December 11, 2018