Christmas in the Clouds

This Native American romantic comedy, which won the Audience Award at the 2001 Austin Film Festival, arrives in theatres four years late but seasonally right on time.

"...a small debt to White Christmas, sharing with that Bing Crosby crooner a hotel-resort setting and a threat to..."

Dec. 2, 2005 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

For the Good Times

The Life and Times of Texas country crooner, Ray Price.

"...obviously, is Price's pop croon, a dear relative of Bing Crosby, Frank Sinatra, and Tony Bennett. The album's swinging,..."

Sept. 1, 2000 Music Feature by David Cantwell

Dream Lady

Cindy Walker, the queen of Western Swing, reflects on a lifetime of songwriting

"...AC: Was Bing Crosby still with Whiteman when you two met?..."

Feb. 20, 2004 Music Feature by Jerry Renshaw

After a Fashion

Join Stephen on his adventures with Buh-buh-buh-buh-Bing's widow, some cuties at Club DeVille, and the scene at Factory People, Austin's latest grab at its allocated 15 minutes.

"...HIGH SOCIETY I loved hanging with Kathryn Crosby, last wife of Bing Crosby (married from 1957 until..."

Oct. 24, 2003 Column by Stephen MacMillan Moser

High Society

"...Directed by: Charles Walters. Starring: Bing Crosby, Grace Kelly, Frank Sinatra, Celeste Holm and John..."

July 26, 2001 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Holiday Viewing: White Christmas

The one we can't seem to quit

"...good movie. It’s not even the best version of Bing Crosby crooning the titular song. That honor goes to..."

Dec. 13, 2017 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

And May All Your Christmases Include Extravagant Song & Dance Numbers

"...shy of the big day. That's OK, too, 'cause Bing Crosby can help (with notable assists from Danny Kaye,..."

Dec. 13, 2002 Screens Feature by Kimberley Jones

Swingle All the Way!

Stritch, Caruso deliver hit holiday cabaret from Birdland

"...turned me on at a young age. I remember Bing Crosby. I remember those records that used to be..."

Dec. 20, 2016 Arts Post by Robert Faires

Road to Juarez

Conventional Mexican crime drama

"...to Juarez is not a reboot of the Bob Hope/Bing Crosby film series, but another pedestrian entry into the..."

April 24, 2015 Movie Review by Josh Kupecki

Bing Crosby & the Andrews Sisters A Merry Christmas With Bing Crosby and the Andrews Sisters (Decca)

Christmas Records

"...Bing Crosby..."

Dec. 22, 2000 Music Review by Jerry Renshaw

Innocuousness That's Insidious

Pat Boone

"...to thither with a few celluloid seconds of his Bing Crosby/loosened-tie way with "Tutti Frutti," is also the Svengali..."

Dec. 15, 1995 Music Feature

Imagine There's No Majors

"...while out in L.A. as well, including Miles Zuniga hobnobbing with Green Day, seeing Slash join Iggy Pop onstage..."

Dec. 15, 1995 Music Column

Off the Record

The Last Waltz: Looking back on the legacy of the Backyard and a tribute to Danny Roy Young

"...1996: Crosby, Stills & Nash, the Band, Tori Amos, Jimmie Dale..."

Oct. 24, 2008 Music Column by Austin Powell

Reissues

"...like Brown, who favored Calloway or the swinging young Bing Crosby over Jimmy Rodgers, the preeminent country singer of..."

Dec. 13, 1996 Music Feature

Mother Night

"...Kirsten Dunst, Arye Gross, Frankie Faison and David Strathairn. Bing Crosby croons “White Christmas” while the camera scans the..."

Dec. 6, 1996 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Molly Burch

"...the material with a stamp all her own. In Bing Crosby's corporeal baritone on "The Secret of Christmas," she..."

Dec. 6, 2019 Music Review by Alejandra Ramirez

DVDanger: Willard

1970s rat insanity and its sequel, plus Catfight

"...The 1971 oddity by (and not kidding here) Bing Crosby Productions finally gets a Blu-ray release, along with..."

July 29, 2017 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Elvis Lives?

"...and features guests Johnny Cash, June Carter, Dolly Parton, Bing Crosby, and the Sex Pistols! Hey, the photo of..."

Dec. 2, 2016 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Hyperlocal for the Holidays

From shoes to dollhouses to leather goods, these Austin designers are doing it their way

"...Essential holiday movie watch: Binge-watching the Hallmark Channel's original holiday movies..."

Nov. 25, 2016 Features Feature by Nina Hernandez

Playback: Barracuda on the Block

"...Kremer Roasts ChestnutsDec. 10, North DoorAustin's singer most resembling Bing Crosby, throwback crooner Brian Kremer hosts a holiday spectacular..."

Dec. 11, 2015 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Holiday Classics Hit the Paramount

'Love Actually,' 'White Christmas,' and more warm fuzzies for December

"...Me in St. Louis screen at alternating times. Starring Bing Crosby, Rosemary Clooney, Danny Kaye, and Vera-Ellen, the heartwarming..."

Nov. 29, 2013 Screens Feature by Jessi Cape

The Luv Doc: Love Him Tender

Nobody wants to end up an accidental necrophiliac

"...along with being one of the back-up singers on Bing Crosby’s recording of “White Christmas,” was also Marilyn Monroe’s..."

April 19, 2013 Column by The Luv Doc

The Bandera Way

Scenes from a marriage in four acts.

"...its own because we're not presenting 'Chestnuts' or the Bing Crosby Christmas...."

Feb. 8, 2013 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

Beck

"...of sheet music. Beck notes in his preface that Bing Crosby's "Sweet Leilani" sold 54 million copies, roughly the..."

Jan. 25, 2013 Music Review by Graham Reynolds

Irving Berlin's White Christmas the Musical

Zach Theatre delivers a sentimental stroll through a winter wonderland, with exceptionally strong dancing

"...as a leading man, giving his Bob Wallace (the Bing Crosby character) more than enough charisma and charm to..."

Dec. 28, 2012 Arts Review by Jillian Owens

Under Construction

A lively collage of all-American memories at once thoughtful, funny, and poignant

"...the existence of those things regardless. It is, as Bing Crosby sang, full of "dear hearts and gentle people..."

Oct. 5, 2012 Arts Review by Jillian Owens

Special Kaye

Vaudeville, Broadway, TV, film &ndash Kaye Ballard has done it all

"...know that. He was a great drummer. He was Bing Crosby's favorite drummer. He was a genius. And the..."

Feb. 24, 2012 Arts Post by Robert Faires

Crunk Christmas

The curse (and charms) of Christmas albums

"...Christmas music may be the antidote, the best mind numbing known to man since lobotomies...."

Dec. 20, 2011 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

Perry, Pakistan, and the Bush Revival

Analyzing the foreign policy value of the Musharraf lunch

"...Grant called the meeting "similar to David Bowie and Bing Crosby meeting to sing 'The Little Drummer Boy': unexpected,..."

July 19, 2011 News Post by Richard Whittaker

Sittin' on Santa's Lap

Is that an iPad in your pocket or are you happy to see me?

"...year, the day after Thanksgiving, my mom put on Bing Crosby's Merry Christmas and began whipping our family's house..."

Dec. 17, 2010 Qmmunity Post by Nakia

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