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Actress-singer shares the joys of writing books with her daughter, her plans to keep busy in retirement and what she hopes she’s most remembered for.

In this excerpt from his memoir, Sly Stone recalls marrying girlfriend Kathy Silva at the world's most famous arena

“Sloane: A Jazz Singer,” which will be screened Sunday in Newburyport, brings into focus the life and career of the Providence native, who died earlier this year at 85.

Carol Sloane was a brilliant, although underemployed, jazz singer who rose to relevance during 1961’s Music At Newport festival. While the era of jazz dominance is long gone, the director of a new documentary says, "Carol really made it her mission that people would not forget that music."

Here’s a sampling of what the Daily Lodging Report provided to its readers this past week. If you’re not a subscriber, you should be.

"Week-End at the Waldorf" is a truly American film. Set in New York instead of Berlin, it celebrates one of the most famous hotels in the United States.

This month marks 90 years since the Waldorf Astoria first opened its doors on New Yorks Park Avenue in 1931, becoming the tallest and largest luxury hotel in the world

At the age of 10, Andrews began singing with her pianist mother and singer stepfather (whose last name she legally adopted) in their music-hall act. Demonstrating a remarkably powerful voice with perfect pitch, she made her solo professional debut in 1947 singing an operatic aria in Starlight Roof, a revue staged at the London Hippodrome. Andrews made her Broadway debut in 1954 in the American production of the popular British musical spoof The Boy Friend. In 1956 she created the role of the ...