In the 1960s, Grammy Awardwinner Vikki Carr (born Florencia Bisenta de Casillas Martinez Cardona) tore up the rock charts with her song “It Must Be Him.” But she went on to win even more awards for her Latin music performances and was a regular on several TV variety shows.

Journalist Laura Ling made international news in 2009 when she and a colleague were captured by North Korean soldiers along the Chinese- North Korean border. The two, who were working on a story about the trafficking of North Korean women, were held captive for 140 days before being granted a special pardon and returning to the United States.

Actor Kevin Bacon has enjoyed an illustrious career, one that is getting yet another boost with his newest Fox TV series, the psychological thriller The Following.

“I didn’t win one,” says Ollie, who played in Storrs from 1991 to 1995, before the UConn men’s basketball titles of 1999, 2004 and 2011. “But coach [Jim] Calhoun always made me feel like I was a part of building the foundation..

Dahling, Tallulah is back! The famed actress Tallulah Bankhead is in Hartford, courtesy of fourtime Emmy winner and Tony Award nominee Valerie Harper, who originated the role. Harper is kicking off the national tour of Hartford native Matthew Lombardo’s comedy Looped.

There must be few women who have not read, or who do not know someone who has read, something Sandra Marton has written. Marton has written 85 books for Harlequin Enterprises, which promises “a romance for every mood.

It’s summer, and that means getting outside and taking advantage of the best of the season, sun, fresh air, a chance to relax. For many it means tennis, golf, horseshoes, lawn tennis, badminton and a host of other sports associated with warm weather. Among them is boules (pronounced bool), the French version of the Italian bocce, a lawn bowling game.

Hartford native Shawn King plays drums and trumpet in the Denverbased, Grammy-nominated quartet DeVotchKa. The band’s genre is difficult to pinpoint, but it has been described as indie rock with European folk and Latin influences. DeVotchKa burst into the public’s psyche when it was chosen to score the film Little Miss Sunshine.