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Posted Sep 28th 2007 11:56AM by TMZ Staff
Legend Tony Bennett was in New York yesterday for an appearance on "Regis and Kelly," and signed an autograph for a fan -- on an AARP magazine!
It never gets old for the Jurassic 81-year-old newlywed crooner, who saw combat in WWII, got his big break when he was discovered by Bob Hope, and had his first hit single in 1951 with "Because of You."
With over 100 albums, Tony's now on a promo tour for his latest, "Duets: An American Classic."
Filed under: Paparazzi Video, Music
Tags: AARP, Tony Bennett, TonyBennett
Posted Sep 14th 2007 11:41AM by Celly
A radiant Christina Aguilera and chinless hubby Jordan Bratman were spotted having dinner for three at Toscana in Brentwood, Calif. last night.
According to reports, Xtina had a little trouble sliding out of the car, but then stood up to reveal her blossoming belly full of kisses. Christina will be performing a duet with legend Tony Bennett on this Sunday's Emmy Awards show on FOX.
Filed under: Paparazzi Photo, Baby Watch, Christina Aguilera
Tags: baby, bump, christina aguilera, ChristinaAguilera, emmy, jordan bratman, JordanBratman, paris, tony bennett, TonyBennett
Posted Nov 10th 2006 1:07PM by TMZ Staff
TMZ cameras and G-Hollywood hit the streets of L.A. on Thursday night, stopping by all the hotspots to bring you this star-studded edition of Star Catcher.
Our first stop was at Area in West Hollywood, for Genetic Denim's one-year anniversary party/launch of their revamped collection (with Ali Fatourechi, Scott Sartiano and Shaun Hurley). Stars at the pants party included Lindsay Lohan, Miss Janet Jackson, Stavros Niarchos, Oscar-winner Jamie Foxx, Lil' Jon, Michelle Trachtenberg, "Girl Next Door" Elisha Cuthbert and "Girls Gone Wild" creator Joe Francis -- who was a bit confused as what party he was attending.
Then it was off to a grown up party at the Kodak Theater, just down the street from where crooner Tony Bennett was having yet another 80th birthday party. Stars included funnyman Billy Crystal, Warren Beatty and Bruce Willis.
All this and much more in Star Catcher!
Filed under: Paparazzi Video, Star Catcher, Lindsay Lohan
Tags: Billy Crystal, BillyCrystal, Bruce Willis, BruceWillis, Elisha Cuthbert, ElishaCuthbert, Jamie Foxx, JamieFoxx, Joe Francis, JoeFrancis, Lil' Jon, Lil'Jon, Michelle Trachtenberg, MichelleTrachtenberg, Miss Janet Jackson, MissJanetJackson, Stavros Niarchos, StavrosNiarchos, Tony Bennett, TonyBennett, Warren Beatty, WarrenBeatty
Posted Feb 5th 2006 11:18AM by TMZ Staff
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Tony Bennett breaks with tradition on his Grammy-nominated CD, "The Art of Romance," by doing something he had shied away from throughout a recording career dating back more than half a century. For the first time on any of his 100-plus albums, Bennett's name can be found among the songwriting credits.
That might come as a surprise since Bennett, who received a Grammy lifetime achievement award in 2001 and became a Kennedy Center honoree last year, has introduced dozens of songs that became pop standards, starting with "The Boulevard of Broken Dreams" and "Because of You" in the early '50s.
Bennett has also written an autobiography, "The Good Life," and enjoyed a lifelong passion for painting, taking pride that his oil landscape, "Central Park," a view from his Manhattan apartment window signed with his family name Benedetto, was recently added to the permanent collection of the Smithsonian American Art Museum.
But Bennett, who turns 80 in August, had never written a song on his own until inspiration struck him during a visit to Hawaii. He heard a jazz trio playing the tune "Nuages" (French for "Clouds"), composed in the 1930s by the legendary Belgian gypsy jazz guitarist Django Reinhardt, and the dreamy melody stuck in his head.
"My son Danny, who's managed me for many years, said, `Why don't you write a song like the contemporary artists?" said Bennett, interviewed before a luncheon honoring him as one of the National Endowment for the Arts' Jazz Masters of 2006, the nation's highest jazz award.
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Filed under: Music, The Biz
Tags: Tony Bennett, TonyBennett
