Nancy Sinatra Sr., the first of Frank Sinatra’s four wives and mother of his three children, has died. She was 101 and passed peacefully, according to her daughter, Nancy Sinatra Jr., via Twitter. No cause of death was given.

Frank and the former Nancy Barbato were New Jersey natives and married from 1939-1951. “My mot…

EXCLUSIVE: 2BFilms has acquired distribution rights to Davi’s Way, its second pickup after the launch of its debut feature First We Take Brooklyn in February this year. The documentary will debut in theaters July 13 from 2BFilms, and the company is doing a reception at Cannes next week for international buyers.

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It is every journalist's dream: Publish an article and movie producers start chasing the film rights. That's the situation Gay Talese finds himself in, but there's a twist: He wrote the article for Esquire over 50 years ago. It was called "Frank Sinatra Has A Cold" – not a very promising title, but the piece acquired…

EXCLUSIVE: At long last, 20th Century Fox is moving forward with Guys And Dolls. The studio has set Michael Grandage to direct the picture, and casting is just getting underway on the remake of the stage and movie classic. Danny Strong wrote the script. John Goldwyn is producing the picture with Working Title. Bernie…

CBS and the Recording Academy will honor the late Frank Sinatra and the 100th anniversary of his birth with a primetime tribute special Sinatra 100 – An All Star Grammy Concert.

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HBO’s latest Alex Gibney documentary, Sinatra: All Or Nothing At All, premiered Sunday and out-delivered the network’s year-to-date time-slot average by 73% in total viewers – 963,000 vs 556,000. This improvement, not surprising given the subject matter, was driven by adults ages 50 and older, while younger adult…

Peter Bart and Mike Fleming Jr. worked together for two decades at Daily Variety. In this weekly column, two old friends get together and grind their axes, mostly on the movie business. 

FLEMING: I need to start off on a serious note. Deadline ran an article last week that generated controversy and hurt feelings. An…

EXCLUSIVE: To get to Tony Danza's dressing room at the Nederlander Theatre, where he stars in the new Broadway musical Honeymoon in Vegas, you walk a corridor that circles the perimeter of the ancient house, where trash cans line one wall, and graffiti scrawled by Rent cast members dominates the other. Climb a set of…

HBO today announced Sinatra: All Or Nothing At All, commemorating Frank Sinatra’s 100th birthday. The two night, four-hour documentary weaves rarely seen footage of Sinatra’s famous 1971 “retirement” concert in Los Angeles. The film’s narrative is shaped by Sinatra’s song choices for that concert, which director Alex G…

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