Talk:Lena Horne

message: I'm wondering where Ms. Horne currently lives?  This article says in New York, but the Amazon review (see the last part of the Washington Post write-up: http://www.amazon.com/Stormy-Weather-Life-Lena-Horne/dp/0743271432/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1262102346&sr=1-1) of the recent biography on Lena Horne says "she languishes in seclusion in Southern California, now in her 93rd year"... WriterMonique (talk) 16:14, 29 December 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Current residence? 

message: In my effort to merge the now-deleted list from the article Gay icon to the Gay icons category, I have added this page to the category. I engaged in this effort as a "human script", adding everyone from the list to the category, bypassing the fact-checking stage. That is what I am relying on you to do. Please check the article Gay icon and make a judgment as to whether this person or group fits the category. By distributing this task from the regular editors of one article to the regular editors of several articles, I believe that the task of fact-checking this information can be expedited. Thank you very much. Philwelch 20:52, 24 Mar 2005 (UTC)
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message: She appeared in a number of MGM musicals, most notably Cabin in the Sky (also 1943), but was never featured in a leading role due to her race and the fact that films featuring her had to be reedited for showing in southern states where theatres could not show films with African American performers. As a result, most of Horne's film appearances were standalone sequences that had no bearing on the rest of the film, so editing caused no disruption to the storyline; a notable exception was the all-black musical Cabin in the Sky, though even then one of her numbers had to be cut because it was considered too suggestive by the censors -
.....I would debate the preceeding exerpt on account of the fact that Stormy Weather (1943) is also an all-black musical in which Horne clearly has the lead female role.
:: Stormy Weather wasn't an MGM musical. Nor was The Duke is Tops in which she was also in a major role. I was just referring to MGM films. And the source for the information is Horne herself in That's Entertainment III but I believe that's cited elsewhere. 23skidoo 17:47, 20 January 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Major roles

message: At the moment, the article says "never featured in a leading role because of her ethnicity".  As someone rightly pointed out (section "#Biracial"), ethnicity is not the same as race.  I point out that, in the U.S. at least, racism is not the same as ethnic prejudice; it has different origins and significance (and IMO is much deeper ingrained in society).  It was her race and the existing racism that was the cause.  I am modifying the article to say so. Zaslav (talk) 19:30, 10 May 2010 (UTC)
thread_title: Racism

message: Did Lena Horne ever have chart success as a singer during the 1940s and 50s? I made the assumption that her song "Stormy Weather" was a hit, so I said so in her biography. Will someone with information about this please reply back to me at my talk page or this discussion page. LovePatsyCline 16:32, 3 December 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Chart success?

message: I've just restored an entire section that was deleted by 152.26.43.6 (talk) on 1 October!   How is it that in nearly three months nobody noticed that it was missing, and that the article had her going abruptly from dropping out of high school to becoming "disenchanted with Hollywood" (when was she ever there?) and deciding on a "change of direction" (from what?)? -- Zsero (talk) 14:06, 21 December 2009 (UTC)
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message: (Copying & rewording own post from Talk:Ed Bradley)   http://www.cbsnews.com/video/watch/?id=4683607n&tag=mncol;lst;9 (excerpt only) says that their interview date was 12/27/81; Horne would have been 64, Bradley 40. I have put this interview mention on the Ed Bradley talk page (incorrect age for Bradley had been cited there, although maybe a mistake on Bradley's part); this interview provided the "file footage" for 1991 60 Minutes: The Entertainers, and their 25th (and other) anniversary special segments with her. Bradley implies this was his finest work, where Horne bares her soul. 75.204.151.21 (talk) 23:17, 25 December 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Ed Bradley interview 

message: Lena Horne was buried in the Horne Family plot at the Evergreens Cemetary in Brooklyn NY. 
Someone has been changing Lena's burial info to that she was CREMATED while using a fictitous link to Roger Ebert's bio (!) as reference. This is totally fabricated. Gareth E Kegg - if you have a true ref, a REAL ref - post it.    12-28-10 Preferred Brand (talk) 23:47, 28 December 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Lena's Burial

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message: One of my favorite 60 Minutes segments of all times is the Lena Horn profile done by Ed Bradly.  It should be referenced here, because it is a very special piece on a great artist and in it she reveals a lot about herself.  Also, she and Ed Bradley, who obviously adored her, were practically making love during the taping, I swear.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 50.80.240.225 (talk) 21:41, 25 February 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  60 Minutes Piece 

message: One of my favorite 60 Minutes segments of all times is the Lena Horne profile done by Ed Bradly.  I think this piece aired in the early nineties.  It should ve referenced here, because it is a very special piece on a great artist and in it she reveals a lot about herself.  Also, she and Ed Bradley, who obviously adored her, were practically making love during the taping, I swear.
:That's charming! Written sources are preferred though. Gareth E Kegg (talk) 21:55, 25 February 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  60 Minutes Piece 

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message: Why is one of Horne's musical genres specified as "Broadway"? It seems very convoluted to have that term link to wikipedia article for "Broadway" as an artform/location, instead of Broadway music as a musical GENRE! I'm sorry but I don't get it. It seems like it would be better to use the genre term "Show tune" instead for her and other similar artists. Because many song stylists have sung songs from Broadway musicals as standalone songs, as opposed to them being actual Broadway performances.  In other words, in this context they are being sung as show tunes, or pop standards, or songs from the Great American songbook.  It would make more sense to have the "genre" redirect to the page for "Show tunes".  What do you do with famous pop singers who have also performed parts of their career actually IN the Broadway casts on stage? We need to think about having some consistency for all of them to be entered in the same genre because "Broadway" is not established as an official music genre on Wikipedia.  If it were, this would not be an issue.  I just don't like seeing Broadway being used as a musical genre where it redirects to the "theatrical context" of Broadway instead of the "musical genre context".  Barbra Streisand is another example on wikipedia where one of her genres used is currently "Broadway".  There are way too many singers to check on this to see that those genres are consistent.  You could spend all day with it.  And somebody is of course not going to agree along the way...  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 108.17.129.78 (talk) 00:11, 13 June 2018 (UTC)
thread_title:  Use of "Broadway" vs. "Show tune" as a vocal genre