Frank Sinatra News

Martin Scorsese to direct biopic of Frank Sinatra

May 13, 2009 5:00 pm PDT

Martin Scorsese will be telling Frank Sinatra's life story on film. The Academy Award-winning filmmaker will direct "Sinatra," the first feature film about Ol' Blue Eyes' life, Universal Pictures and Mandalay Pictures said Wednesday. ...

Encore in Las Vegas to have Sinatra restaurant

Nov 24, 2008 7:00 am PST

Fans of Frank Sinatra will get a kick out of a new Italian restaurant planned for the Las Vegas Strip. Casino mogul Steve Wynn tells the Las Vegas Review-Journal that a restaurant at Encore, his newest resort, will be named Sinatra. ...

Nancy Sinatra joins the fight for radio royalty

Jun 8, 2008 3:00 pm PDT

Continuing her father's legacy of fighting for musicians, Nancy Sinatra will urge lawmakers Wednesday to approve legislation giving performers a royalty for songs aired on traditional radio. In 1988, Frank Sinatra pushed for legislati...

House belatedly supports `Frank Sinatra Day'

May 20, 2008 11:00 am PDT

House members have declared "Frank Sinatra Day," but did it their way. Lawmakers didn't get around to voting until Tuesday on a resolution supporting May 13, 2008 — last Tuesday — as the day honoring the late singer and Academy-...

Postage stamp puts Sinatra back in the spotlight

May 14, 2008 12:00 pm PDT

Doobie-postage-due. What were the chances ... we'd be seeing Frank Sinatra on a U.S. postage stamp? Well, he competed against 50,000 others — and won. That's how many annual proposals are made for new stamps. On Tuesday, the late c...