By Rex Reed 2/11/02 12:00am

You and Me, Miss Peggy Lee

The death of Peggy Lee was a cruel nail in the coffin of good music, and a special loss to everyone who knew and loved her personally. We all had favorite songs from her 65 years in show business. I think mine was “Autumn in Rome,” a gorgeous ballad by Sammy Cahn and Paul Weston, Read More

By Rex Reed 10/30/00 12:00am

Bottoms Up, Tallulah! … World According to Gorey

Tallulah Bankhead, as some wiseacre once observed, was a lot of things to a lot of people, but she never was a bore. I knew her briefly, but well, before she died of pneumonia brought on by her own excesses in 1968 at age 66. I always seem to meet the great ones when they’re Read More