Billie Holiday" finds Daniels, with help of screenwriter Suzan-Lori Parks, going a lot deeper into the background of that 1971 classic. The film is not rated but due to some sexual content ...

Billie Holiday starring Andra Day is the third film ... “Don’t Blame Me” would be unthinkable without Lady Day in the background. One of the first people to offer a systematic approach ...

The lights of Manhattan glittered in the background, as jazz singer Dee ... “Mother’s Son in Law,” a tune made famous by Billie Holiday, and the rest of her songs -- including “Good ...

In 1959, Nina Simone made a black-pride point about her hit single, "I Loves You Porgy," very publicly proclaiming that she refused to use the (to her) demeaning dialect pronunciation "loves," ...

I ain’t doing it tonight.” Moments later, Roz White is smiling behind the mic as Billie Holiday, a pro who knows how to hit her mark. We’re in Philadelphia, a city Billie admits she hates ...

2023 0 Woody Guthrie Center will host an exhibition that shows rarely seen photos of Billie Holiday’s “private and public worlds” beginning Oct. 11. Background: In April 1957, photographer ...