Franc D'Ambrosio first caught the public's eye when he was cast as Anthony Vito Corleone in "The Godfather Part III."

"Love is a Drag," a 1962 LP of love songs by men, for men, was a mystery wrapped in an enigma for over 50 years. Now we know the back story.

"I grew up in Fort Worth, Texas and desperately wanted to move to San Francisco for college," recalls Betty Buckley. "I wanted to be part of the scene."

Singer-songwriter Paul Simon says his latest album "Stranger to Stranger" (Concord) will be his last, and if so, it's the glittering capstone on a brilliant career.

Haven't heard of Miller yet? If you consider yourself part of the theatrical cognoscenti, you'll want to catch up with the curve and check out the South Carolina-born dynamo's first-ever San Francisco appearances Feinstein's at the Nikko next weekend.