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Her Love for Sammy Davis Jr. May Have Tanked Her Career

May Britt, actor whose interracial marriage to Rat Packer challenged taboos, is dead at 91

(Newser) - May Britt, a Swedish-born actor whose 1960 marriage to Sammy Davis Jr. made them unwitting flashpoints in America's fight over interracial relationships, is dead at 91, according to her son Mark Davis. He tells the Hollywood Reporter that his mother died of natural causes at a local LA hospital....

10 Celebs Who've Had Big Time Tax Troubles

The latest: Mary J. Blige

(Newser) - Just because you're rich and famous doesn't mean you always bother to pay your tax bill. HLN lists 10 celebrities who've gotten in serious money trouble with Uncle Sam:
  • New Jersey just hit Mary J. Blige with a tax lien of more than $900,000. She was
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Sinatra's Way Would Have Been No 'My Way'


 Sinatra's Way
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 No 'My Way'
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Jun 2, 2009 7:18 AM CDT

Sinatra's Way Would Have Been No 'My Way'

Singer preferred romantic ballads to the later classic

(Newser) - Frank Sinatra may have his hit "My Way" to thank for much of his success, but as the song reaches its 40th anniversary, Will Friedwald looks at the truth in the Wall Street Journal: Sinatra hated it. Even as audiences called for "My Way" in concert...

Marcia: 'I Traded Sex for Drugs'

Brady Bunch darling reveals struggle with addiction, depression

(Newser) - The actress who played the nation's perky darling Marcia in the wholesome Brady Bunch TV family once traded sex for drugs during years in the abyss of depression and drug addiction, reports E! Online. Maureen McCormick, now 52, reveals her very un-Brady life in her new memoir, Here's the Story:...

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