Sandra Dee was an American actress. Dee began her career as a child model, working first in commercials, and then film in her teenage years. Best known for her portrayal of ingénues, Dee earned a Golden Globe Award as one of the year's most promising newcomers for her performance in Robert Wise's Until They Sail. She became a teenage star for her performances in Imitation of Life and Gidget, which made her a household name. Read More...
President Obama paid his respects – and offered a shoulder to cry on – at Dover Air Force Base Tuesday as he consoled families of the 30 U.S. troops whose remains were brought home from Afghanistan. “I told him, I want you to give me my grandson back. I want him alive,” Madeline Bernice Strange tells PEOPLE. Her grandson, Navy SEAL Michael Strange, 25, was among the servicemen killed Aug. 6 when their Chinook helicopter was shot down in eastern Afghanistan – the single deadliest loss in the decade-long war there. Read More...
Troy Andrews, also known as Trombone Shorty, is an American musician, producer, actor and philanthropist from New Orleans, Louisiana. He is best known as a trombone and trumpeter, and also plays drums, organ and tuba. He's worked with some of the biggest names in rock, pop, jazz, funk and hip hop music. Andrews is the brother of trumpeter and conductor James Andrews and the grandson of singer-songwriter Jessie Hill. Other members of the musical family are cousins Glen David Andrews and the late Travis " Read More...