'Your papers, please' must never be heard in America
"Parker" plays like the bloodiest promotional video ever made for Palm Beach tourism. Stabbings, explosions and furniture-smashing brawls occur at some of the ritziest (and name-checked) locations within the sun-splashed, pastel-soaked slab of Florida opulence. Kinda gives a whole new meaning to the idea of The Breakers.
Lionel Batiste, the vocalist, bass drummer and assistant leader of the Treme Brass Band, has died. He was 81.
Lionel Batiste, the vocalist, bass drummer and assistant leader of the Treme Brass Band, has died. He was 81.
Mardi Gras Indians have been parading at Carnival and Louisiana festivals for generations, but growing interest in their culture has the dancing, costumed Indians on display in a new way at this year's New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival.
There's something special for the Obamas and something special for the Camerons in the entertainment lineup and guest list for Wednesday's state dinner for the British prime minister and his wife.
The stars of HBO's series "Treme" (truh-MAY') will lead this year's parade for Orpheus, the Mardi Gras krewe founded by crooner Harry Connick Jr.
"I was walking home from a jazz club about 3 a.m. here in Paris, and on the banks of the Seine, there was a brass band playing some New Orleans music," Pierce said. "It just shows you the impact of musicians like Uncle Lionel ... his legacy will be felt not just in New Orleans but the world over."
"He's part of a long line of great musicians and great family. I was honored to have his name, the name of the character I played, and know that his legacy will live on," Pierce said.
