Category: Life

February 2, 2013 /

Listen, don’t ever put cream cheese in guacamole, it’s just gross.

February 1, 2013 /

Here he’s pictured with Ruby Dee in “The Jackie Robinson Story”:

February 1, 2013 /

In 1939 Mr. Robinson went from Pasadena Jr. College to UCLA – and not only played baseball, but football and basketball as well.

January 31, 2013 /

How does a young lady who hops aboard a train in New York City without her luggage and ticket end up serenaded by “The Ale and Quail” club? And, breakfast with a stranger dressed in a pajama top and blanket skirt? You’ll have to watch “The Palm Beach Story” to…

January 30, 2013 /

The father of an American film dance idiom – tap: Pictured behind the scenes at 20th Century Fox on “Stormy Weather” with Fats Waller.

January 30, 2013 /

Lena Horne (1917-2010) Katherine Dunham (1909-2006)

January 30, 2013 /

Lena Horne waits backstage at the Mayan Theater in downtown Los Angeles where Dorothy Dandridge appeared in the musical “Sweet n’ Hot” (1944)

January 30, 2013 /

Miss Horne shared top billing with Bill “Bojangles” Robinson, here they’re pictured with Cab Calloway, who conveniently played himself: The title song by Lena Horne, and the modern dance by Katherine Dunham’s dance troupe:

January 30, 2013 /

First, we’ll let the poster speak for itself:

January 28, 2013 /

By David G. Savage, Los Angeles Times January 26, 2013, 7:20 p.m. WASHINGTON — Marriage should be limited to unions of a man and a woman because they alone can “produce unplanned and unintended offspring,” opponents of gay marriage have told the Supreme Court. By contrast, when same-sex couples decide…