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PEOPLE/ARTS Tuesday 24 OcTOber 2017
Justin Timberlake invited back to Super Bowl halftime show

By The Associated Press he sang “Rock Your Body” Timberlake has won 10
Justin Timberlake has finally with Jackson in 2004 in Grammys, and the Tennes-
been invited back to the Houston. That performance see native also has won
Super Bowl halftime show, concluded with Timberlake four Emmys.
14 years after the “ward- ripping her costume to re- He said the best Super
robe malfunction” with Ja- veal her right breast bare Bowl performances have
net Jackson caused a na- except for a nipple shield. spoken to the mood of the
tional controversy. During an interview broad- nation.
The NFL announced Sun- cast at halftime of NBC’s “What I really want to do is
day night that Timberlake “Sunday Night Football,” take the opportunity to put
will headline the Super Timberlake laughed off together a performance
Bowl halftime show Feb. 4 questions about a repeat that feels like it unifies,”
in Minnesota. of the infamous moment, Timberlake said. “I feel like
This will be Timberlake’s which drew CBS a $550,000 that would be the ultimate
third Super Bowl halftime fine from the Federal Com- accomplishment, and
performance, the most for munications Commission then the icing on the cake
any entertainer. Timberlake that was later overturned. In this Sept. 23, 2017, file photo, Justin Timberlake performs at is at some point within that
performed at the 2001 Su- “That won’t happen this the Pilgrimage Music and Cultural Festival in Franklin, Tenn. 12 minutes that everybody
per Bowl with N’Sync, and time,” he said. Associated Press is shaking their booty.”q
Book Review: ‘Way It Was’ taps aging Sinatra’s highs,

By DOUGLASS K. DANIEL tra’s jet. a sequel was quickly ar-
Associated Press In the early 1980s Weisman ranged to squeeze a bit
“The Way It Was: My Life built his talent manage- more money out of the fail-
with Frank Sinatra” (Ha- ment company around ing legend.
chette Books), by Eliot Weis- Sinatra, who kept Weisman Sound wizards could
man and Jennifer Valoppi busy overseeing his career sweeten the voice elec-
Frank Sinatra’s prime years and finding venues for him tronically, but a live con-
as a singer were long be- at home and abroad. Sina- cert was a different matter.
hind him when Eliot Weis- tra needed the work if he While Weisman says he and
man managed his career. wanted to keep flying on Sinatra’s family didn’t want
Yet even into his 70s “the private jets, frequenting the to see the legend embar-
Voice” could deliver what best hotels and restaurants, rassed, they continued to
fans wanted or were willing picking up checks, bestow- take that chance and the
to settle for. ing jewelry on his wife and concerts kept coming. On
The challenge Weisman slipping money to friends the flight home after two
soon faced was how to and strangers enduring poor performances in Ja-
showcase the best of a sep- tough times. pan in 1994, Sinatra, then
tuagenarian Sinatra while Near the end of their book 79, pointed to a fellow pas-
playing down the ravages Weisman and Valoppi senger and asked, “Who’s
of time and handling the write, “These are the stories that black girl?” It was Nat-
unexpected — like Golda that are rarely told about alie Cole, his opening act.
Meir’s Uzi. icons ... the stories of de- One more gig followed
Anecdotes are the dia- cline.” Like the time Weis- and Sinatra was done for
monds and lessons about man discovered Sinatra good.
problem-solving the gold trimming his toupee and Weisman says he believes
to be mined in “The Way explaining, “You can’t be- Sinatra would have died
It Was: My Life with Frank lieve how fast it’s growing.” sooner than he did, in 1998,
Sinatra.” Weisman and co- Actually, much of “The Way had he stopped working
author Jennifer Valoppi It Was” is a story of decline. earlier, but it comes off as
recount his 20-year rela- For years age had been a rationalization for keep-
tionship with Sinatra, one taking a toll on Sinatra’s ing the money flowing. Be-
based on business and nur- vision and hearing. More sides, as his manager points
tured with trust and friend- and more often he forgot out, Sinatra found joy in
ship. Other celebrities pop lyrics. There were fears that family and friends, not just
up, notably Liza Minnelli weaning Sinatra off an an- performing.
and Sammy Davis Jr., but tidepressant blamed for his Even this unique “Chair-
the authors know who sells memory loss would lead to man of the Board” may
books even two decades belligerent fits. For safety’s have wished that, in the This cover image released by Hachette Books shows “The Way
It Was: My Life with Frank Sinatra,” by Eliot Weisman and Jennifer
after his death and salt sake someone filed down end, he’d spent more time Valoppi.
Weisman’s memoir with the firing pin on his hand- with them and less time at Associated Press
Sinatra minutiae. gun. the office.q
About that Uzi: Weisman Retirement didn’t seem to
became accustomed to be on the table — covered
the idea that Sinatra often as it was by all that money.
carried a concealed hand- Instead, one tour led to an-
gun while touring. other and another. Sinatra
But he didn’t expect to find was practically bullied into
a submachine gun, a gift following through on his
from the grandmother of 1993 “Duets” album. Selling
Israel, hidden aboard Sina- millions of copies meant