The Library of Congress, in its latest step to preserve the work of great entertainers, has acquired a collection of kinescopes, videotapes and home movies featuring comedian Ernie Kovacs and his wife, singer-actress Edie Adams, it was announced Thursday.

The library purchased the comprehensive collection, which includes more than 1,200 audiovisual items, from Josh Mills, the president of Ediad Productions and Adams’ son. The price was not disclosed.
Kovacs was renowned for his innovative, surrealistic and out-of-the-box television comedy, while Adams had a successful career on the big and small screen and on Broadway and was memorable in a series of sultry cigar commercials (“Why don’t you pick one up and smoke it sometime?”). They often worked together.
Kovacs, 42, died on Jan. 13, 1962, in a car crash on Santa Monica Boulevard on his way home from a party in Beverly Hills. Adams, 81, died of cancer on Oct. 15, 2008.

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Think of it as Leonard Slatkin’s version of "The Long Goodbye."
The Detroit Symphony Orchestra is expected to announce Thursday that Slatkin, 71, has signed a new deal to remain music director through the 2017-18 season. After that he’ll assume the title of music director laureate and maintain a reduced schedule of conducting four weeks of concerts per season and remain involved in artistic planning, personnel decisions and administrative duties until his successor is firmly in place. Slatkin will be 73 when his tenure officially ends after 10 seasons in 2018, and the changes are part of a broader rethinking of his priorities as he approaches his 75th birthday.
"I’m very proud of what everybody has done," Slatkin said Tuesday. "There wasn’t too much left to do in terms of new initiatives. This is exactly the right time to think about turning it over."
Slatkin has been mulling his future with the DSO for quite a while but only came to a definitive decision in recent weeks. During his summer vacation this year, Slatkin began writing down the major accomplishments he and the DSO had achieved during his first seven seasons as music director…….

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MIAMI BEACH, Fla. — Ellie Goulding has the perfect cold remedy: tequila.
The British singer admitted she had a terrible cold while performing poolside at a private party to launch her MAC Cosmetics line on Wednesday night during Art Basel Miami Beach.
“I’m going to drink my way through it,” she told the crowd at the Miami Beach Edition hotel. “I’ve had a few tequilas. It’s for the best. I’m feeling quite good actually.”
Goulding’s make-up collection plays on her luminous skin with glowy palettes, neutral shades and big false eyelashes. As a teen, the singer said she loved experimenting with mascara and lipstick and learned by watching her mom.
“I was quite gothic back in the day, so I loved the eyeliner.”
 Goulding performed half a dozen songs including an acoustic version of her hit “Burn” and closed the set with “Love Me Like You Do.”
At times, she hushed the rowdy crowd, worried the cheering would overpower her ailing voice, but promised “I’ll come party and party with you guys (after the show) and we can be really loud.”
Goulding is among dozens of celebs, including Hilary Swank, Lenny Kravitz, Alicia Keys and Katie Holmes, who are in town for the prestigious art fair, which is an extension of the annual contemporary art fair in Basel, Switzerland. The fair officially opens Thursday, but many independent fairs and star-studded parties are already underway.
The singer, who has had some killer collaborations recently, including with Calvin Harris and Zedd, said she doesn’t have any plans to team up with anyone at the moment, but left the door open for a reunion with Harris.
“Who knows? I’m sure me and Calvin will do something again in the future,” she said.

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Barry’s Bootcamp has some very exciting news for South Florida. Dubbed “The Best Workout in the World”, Barry’s Bootcamp will officially be making its way to Midtown Miami. Their second South Florida location in Midtown Miami is slated to open in November 2015, November 7th to be exact. Mark your calendars ladies and gentlemen! It’s quite evident that the Miami Beach outpost has had a wildly successful first year and so partners Derek DeGrazio, James Provencher, and Whitney Kroenke are ready to expand their footprint and bring the same elite fitness style of training to the upscale neighborhood of Midtown Miami.

“With the success and excitement of the Miami Beach location, opening in Midtown is the logical next step,” says Derek DeGrazio, partner and lead instructor. “We are extremely honored to bring the best workout in world to more members of the community and excited for what’s to come in South Florida.”

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