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Good Morning America’s Holiday Reading round-up

For those looking for a gift idea, with Christmas less than a week away, “Good Morning America” asked some best-selling authors for their top holiday book recommendations this year. Here are the books that authors Michael Connelly,…

Current Issue of Popculure.Com - The Way It Was

Eliot Weisman served as manager, booking agent and friend to Sinatra, during the final chapters of the Chairman of the Board’s life. This has resulted in an affectionately written memoir from Weisman. We see Sinatra’s toughness, trademark…

Celebrate Frank Sinatra's 102nd Birthday with New Book From His Former Manager

Celebrate Frank Sinatra's 102nd Birthday with New Book From His Former Manager Frank Sinatra was one of the most influential musical artists of the 20th century, and this December 12, America will be celebrating his 102nd birthday. To celebrate…

The 12 Books You Absolutely Need This Hanukkah

The 12 Books You Absolutely Need This Hanukkah Could any title be more attractive at this moment, for those on both sides of the political aisle, than “The Way It Was”? Weisman, who managed Sinatra in the last couple of decades of his…

GIFT GUIDE 2017: PETRUCELLI PICKS THE BEST CELEBRITY BIOS OF THE YEAR (PART ONE)

GIFT GUIDE 2017: PETRUCELLI PICKS THE BEST CELEBRITY BIOS OF THE YEAR (PART ONE) The second best book of the year: The Way It Was: My Life With Frank Sinatra (Hachette Books, $27). I loved it because I grew up during the years of the…
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Frank Sinatra’s manager says antidepressant caused his failing health

When Eliot Weisman became Frank Sinatra’s manager in 1975, he was warned by his friends in show business that he didn’t know what he was getting himself into. But Weisman said yes to the job offer and became a close confidant, oftentimes…
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Frank Sinatra's Manager and Confidant Eliot Weisman on Working With 'Mr. S'

For three wild decades, Eliot Weisman managed one of the most iconic names in American entertainment. Frank Sinatra, whom Eliot referred to either as "Mr. S" or "The Boss," kept Weisman on his toes throughout the Chairman of the Board’s…

Frank Sinatra's Manager and Confidant Eliot Weisman on Working With 'Mr. S'

For Weisman, who also managed the likes of Liza Minnelli and Sammy Davis, Jr., the experience was a 24/7 rollercoaster ride and juggling act full of hectic days and late nights, right up until Sinatra’s death in 1997. As a result, Weisman has accumulated countless stories about his time with

Eliot Weisman: ‘I was terrified Frank Sinatra would shoot someone’

Sinatra was a suave, swaggering crooner quick with his fists who loved to carry a glass of Jack Daniel’s, a pack of Camel cigarettes and a pack of cherry-flavour Life Saver sweets with him.