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New York Post
6 days ago
- Entertainment
- New York Post
Jane Morgan, ‘Fascination' singer and Broadway star, dead at 101
Jane Morgan, the popular singer, nightclub entertainer and Broadway performer, has died. She was 101. Morgan passed away Monday of natural causes in Naples, Florida, according to her family. 'Our beloved Jane passed away peacefully in her sleep,' the family said in a statement, according to Deadline. Advertisement 10 Jane Morgan at her home in New York in 1958. CBS via Getty Images 10 Jane Morgan attends the UNICEF Ball in Beverly Hills in 2009. Kevin Mazur Morgan was born Florence Catherine Currier on May 3, 1924, in Newton, Massachusetts. She was the youngest of five children and her parents, Bertram and Olga, were musicians. Advertisement At age 11, Morgan acted at the Kennebunkport Playhouse in Maine. She graduated from Seabreeze High School in Daytona Beach, Fl. and then studied opera at Juilliard in New York, where orchestra leader Art Mooney came up with her stage name. 10 Jane Morgan performs in Canada. Toronto Star via Getty Images Morgan's career began with singing in nightclubs and small restaurants before she was recognized by French bandleader Bernard Hilda, who took her to Paris where she became a music sensation. After finding success in Europe, Morgan returned to the US and signed with Kapp Records. She released her first album, 'The American Girl From Paris,' in 1956. Advertisement 10 Jane Morgan in a portrait from 1962. Getty Images The following year, Morgan released her signature song 'Fascination' featuring the The Troubadors. The single peaked at No. 7 on the Billboard pop chart and was featured in the Audrey Hepburn movie 'Love in the Afternoon.' Morgan's other popular songs included 'The Day the Rains Came,' 'With Open Arms,' 'To Love and Be Loved' and 'Blue Hawaii.' 10 Jane Morgan at Heathrow Airport in London in 1964. Getty Images Advertisement 10 Jane Morgan in the UK in October 1967. Getty Images On Broadway, Morgan appeared in 'Mame,' 'Ziegfeld Follie,' The Jack Benny Show,' 'Can Can, Kiss Me Kate,' 'Gentlemen Prefer Blondes,' 'The King and I,' and more. 'Being on Broadway was one of the most exciting things in my life because I had always dreamed of it,' Morgan once said in an interview, per The Hollywood Reporter. Morgan also had a presence on television. She performed at the Oscars twice and on 'The Ed Sullivan Show' 50 times. 10 Jane Morgan at the UNICEF Ball honoring Jerry Weintraub in 2009. Kevin Winter 10 Jane Morgan on the music series 'American Bandstand' in 1959. Disney General Entertainment Content via Getty Images She even sang for notable political figures including French President Charles de Gaulle and US Presidents John F. Kennedy, Richard Nixon, Gerald Ford, Jimmy Carter and George H.W. Bush. In 2011, Morgan was honored with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. She sang 'Fascination' during the ceremony. Advertisement 10 Jane Morgan at her Hollywood Walk of Fame star ceremony in May 2011. FilmMagic 'It has been a long time coming,' she told the crowd. 'Now it's here. I'm very, very gratified.' Morgan was married twice. Her second marriage was to her manager, Jerry Weintraub, who worked with huge stars including Elvis Presley and was responsible for producing hit films including 'The Karate Kid' franchise and 'Ocean's Eleven.' 10 Jane Morgan gets her star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 2011. FilmMagic Advertisement After tying the knot in 1965, Morgan and Weintraub adopted three daughters togethers. Morgan also became stepmother to Weintraub's son Michael. Morgan and Weintraub separated in the 1980s but never divorced. Weintraub died in 2015 at age 77.
Forbes
27-04-2025
- Entertainment
- Forbes
NYT Connections Hints And Answers For Monday, April 28
Find the links between the words to win today's game of Connections. Looking for Sunday's NYT Connections hints, clues and answers instead? You can find them here: Hey there, Connectors! Welcome to the start of a new week. It's Monday, and you know what that means around here: we kick off the column with a fun, upbeat song that will hopefully get you moving and get those endorphins flowing. For reasons I'll explain in a second, I'm doubling down today with two songs. The first one is from Alphabeat. I really enjoy everything I've head from that band and 'Fascination,' which was a hit for them in the U.K., is such a bop: Our second upbeat song isn't going to be for everyone, but I'm definitely more excited to share this one. Last year, Babymetal and Electric Callboy – two bands known for playing what's often called 'party metal' – collaborated on a song called 'Ratatata.' It's loud, it's over-the-top and it's so much fun. The guitars are heavy and the harsh vocals can be intense, but I hope that you'll give it a shot. FEATURED | Frase ByForbes™ Unscramble The Anagram To Reveal The Phrase Pinpoint By Linkedin Guess The Category Queens By Linkedin Crown Each Region Crossclimb By Linkedin Unlock A Trivia Ladder I have no earthly idea how 'Ratatata' or Electric Callboy completely flew under my radar for so long, but I'm absolutely obsessed with it (and them, for that matter). I've barely been able to stop listening to the song for the past 10 days. I've been watching reaction videos and every live version I can find. It's now my morning alarm song. Most importantly for our purposes, it gets me dancing. I haven't quite been able to perfect Babymetal's routine for 'Ratatata,' but maybe I'll get there someday. I absolutely cannot wait to see them live soon. I am going to lose my mind when they play this one: Before we begin, I've set up a discussion group for NYT Connections and this column on Discord. We have a great little community over there and we chat about more than NYT games. Everyone who has joined has been lovely. It's a fun hangout spot. It's also the best way to give me any feedback about the column, especially on the rare (or not-so-rare) occasions that I mess something up, since I don't look at the comments or Twitter much. Today's NYT Connections hints and answers for Monday, April 28, are coming right up. Connections is a free, popular New York Times daily word game. You get a new puzzle at midnight every day. You can play on the NYT's website or Games app. You're presented with a grid of 16 words. Your task is to arrange them into four groups of four by figuring out the links between them. The groups could be things like items you can click, names for research study participants or words preceded by a body part. There's only one solution for each puzzle, and you'll need to be careful when it comes to words that might fit into more than one category. You can shuffle the words to perhaps help you see links between them. Each group is color coded. The yellow group is usually the easiest to figure out, blue and green fall in the middle, and the purple group is usually the most difficult one. The purple group often involves wordplay. Select four words you think go together and press Submit. If you make a guess and you're incorrect, you'll lose a life. If you're close to having a correct group, you might see a message telling you that you're one word away from getting it right, but you'll still need to figure out which one to swap. If you make four mistakes, it's game over. Let's make sure that doesn't happen with the help of some hints, and, if you're really struggling, today's Connections answers. As with Wordle and other similar games, it's easy to share results with your friends on social media and group chats. If you have an NYT All Access or Games subscription, you can access the publication's Connections archive. This includes every previous game of Connections, so you can go back and play any of those that you have missed. Aside from the first 60 games or so, you should be able to find my hints via Google if you need them! Just click here and add the date of the game for which you need clues or the answers to the search query. Scroll slowly! Just after the hints for each of today's Connections groups, I'll reveal what the groups are without immediately telling you which words go into them. Today's 16 words are... And the hints for today's Connections groups are: Need some extra help? Be warned: we're starting to get into spoiler territory. Today's Connections groups are... Spoiler alert! Don't scroll any further down the page until you're ready to find out today's Connections answers. This is your final warning! Today's Connections answers are... Hey now, my streak is now up to 62 wins. No perfect game today, though. Here's how I fared: 🟨🟩🟦🟪 🟪🟪🟪🟪 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟩🟩🟩🟩 MOUSSE, SPRAY and WAX seemed like they would go together at first, but as I read all of the words out loud to double check I'd written out the word list properly, I realized that the first of those could be a homonym. So I tried a group of MOUSSE, BARE, HAIR and BORE as in animal soundalikes -- moose, bear, hare and boar. But nope! Not even close to a group there. I overthought things, as usual. As it turned out, BORE went with the purples. I thought that group would be blue at most. Seems kind of simple for a purple group. Still, it's fun that EXHAUST and TIRE work together both here and as car parts. The yellows were up next and I did not grumble about those hair products to myself at all. The blues then made sense to me. That left the greens, and I was very familiar with those. I didn't eat any vegetables as a kid and nor did I like the sauce that McDonalds used on Big Macs, so as a kid I would always ask for my order to be plain. Bun, patties and cheese, that was it. My go-to McDonalds order is much healthier these days. Probably because I haven't eaten at McDonalds in years. That's all there is to it for today's Connections clues and answers. Be sure to check my blog tomorrow for hints and the solution for Tuesday's game if you need them. P.S. This is my partner's kid's favorite song, so this one is for her. I wager you might have heard this already since it's such a massive hit, but 'Apt.' by Rosé (of Blackpink fame) and Bruno Mars is just such a fantastic pop song. It's very funny to me that Mars went from this to "Fat Juicy & Wet" for his follow-up single: Have a great day! Stay hydrated! Call someone you love! Please follow my blog for more coverage of NYT Connections and other word games, and even some video game news, insights and analysis. It helps me out a lot! Sharing this column with other people who play Connections would be appreciated too. Also, follow me on Bluesky! It's fun there.
