• Trini Lopez, singer and actor in ‘The Dirty Dozen,’ dead of COVID-19 at 83

    Trini Lopez, singer and actor in ‘The Dirty Dozen,’ dead of COVID-19 at 83

    Trini Lopez, a singer and guitarist who gained fame for his versions of “Lemon Tree” and “If I Had a Hammer” in the 1960s and took his talents to Hollywood, died Tuesday. He was 83. Filmmaker P. David Ebersole, who just finished shooting a documentary on Lopez with Todd Hughes, confirmed that Lopez died from …
  • Liza Minnelli’s ‘New York, New York’ gets its due after Sinatra singalong ticks off fans

    Liza Minnelli’s ‘New York, New York’ gets its due after Sinatra singalong ticks off fans

    Weeks after a New York peace choir inadvertently rankled Liza Minnelli fans by holding a citywide singalong to the Frank Sinatra version of “New York, New York“ — a song Kander and Ebb wrote specifically for Minnelli — the org assuaged fans of the “Cabaret” Oscar winner. Last month, the Peace of Heart Choir — …