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Chinese-American actress Anna May Wong is one of the most important figures to come from Hollywood's Golden Age, but her career was marked by just as many disappointments as triumphs.

Although her career was sometimes overshadowed by her tumultuous private life, Anita O'Day's best songs ensure she is remembered for her gorgeous vocals.

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There is no business like show business, they say. Yet real spies act on the job, too. 'Stars & Spies' links fantasy and reality.

Anna Yatskevich / Courtesy of Newvelle Records Public acknowledgment took its time finding Billy Lester. A pianist devoted to searching for a new form of modern jazz, he spent more than half a century on the outskirts of New York City, quietly honing his craft. "I just figured Id go to my grave without any kind of recognition," he says plainly, "and I was at the point in my life where I totally accepted that." The situation changed only a few years ago when Lester was in his early 70s. A ...

Levis pondered. “None.” Birdcalls it was. Levis can’t even remember the man’s name now, but the Scot could imitate birds well enough to make a spot in a Levis show. In a matter of days he was working behind footlights in a troupe made up entirely from unknowns, the people who have catapulted Levis to the top of Britain’s entertainment business. This Scot was only one of 500,000 British amateurs who have been auditioned by Levis or his talent scouts in the last nine years. Five hundred...