A New Orleans Jazz History, 1895-1927. Even before jazz, for most New Orleanians, music was not a luxury as it often is elsewhereâit was a necessity. Throughout the nineteenth century, diverse ethnic and racial groups â French, Spanish, and African, Italian, German, and Irish â found common cause in their love of music.
Edward Herrmann. Edward Herrmann -- perhaps best known for playing Richard Gilmore on  Gilmore Girls  -- died this morning in a hospital in New York. He was 71. Herrmann's family tells TMZ he had been battling brain cancer and had been in ICU for the last 3 1/2 weeks.
If you donât know Margot Robbieâs name yet, you will soon. Robbie played Jordan Belfortâs (Leonardo DiCaprio) blonde bombshell wife, Naomi Lapaglia, in âThe Wolf of Wall Street.â. Since then, Robbieâs role as the Duchess of Bay Ridge has gotten her a lot of attention in Hollywood.