Self-Rescuing Princess Society

Today's special birthday shout-out goes to the amazing Victoria Spivey, born on October 15, 1906. This lady was seriously kickass, all...

Four hundred years ago, Duchess Sophie-Elisabeth of Mecklenburg was born into a life of immense wealth and privilege. But even as a noble ...

So very many more great projects to consider this week! Movies, music, and loads of great books! When I saw the description for  June, Adr...

Having begun her concert career in 1908 at the age of fifteen with the aforementioned recital at the Salle Érard in Paris, not long after...

I would love to write up a detailed history of her remarkable life, but there's just so much to cover! So, instead, please enjoy this...

Cary Cooper's new album  Zuzu's Petals . The video is told from the point of view of her daughter, but features some of her lovely m...

I'm seriously in love with Kristin Chenoweth. What a performer! I initially fell in love with her in the last season of The West Wing, w...

We all know and love her in the role of the inimitable Countess Cora Grantham, doling out advice to her stubborn husband and feisty daughter...

Ginger Rogers would have been a graceful and glamourous 101 years old today. My mother told me I was dancing before I was born. She could ...

When I saw that today is Della Reese's birthday, I thought I'd post a quick clip of her in one of the many TV shows she's appear...

  Today is Carole King's birthday. I think most people know her for her Tapestry album, which was ground-breaking and all that. ...