“We became conspirators, drawn together by the single thing we had in common: defiance,” Davis’s friend and biographer, Boyar, quoted the entertainer as saying in the 2000 book Sammy.

Kim Novak said she loved Sammy Davis Jr. but wasn't in love with him. (Getty Images) It was 1957 when the star, who was about to film "Vertigo," saw the showman perform in a Chicago nightclub.

EXCLUSIVE: Hulu is not proceeding with its planned limited series about Sammy Davis Jr., starring Elijah Kelley as the Candy Man, from Lee Daniels and 20th Television. I hear 20th Television will ...

Sammy Davis Jr. is considered one of the best all-around entertainers ever — he was an accomplished singer, dancer, comedian and actor. Journalist Wil Haygood spent five years researching Davis ...

Back in the early ’60s, Sammy Davis Jr.’s entourage took up most of the first-class cabin on TWA flights from New York to Los Angeles. As an 18-year-old flight attendant, Margaret Bush-Ware ...

Jerry Lewis talks about becoming a comedian and his friendship with Sammy Davis, Jr. On August 3, 2015, Jerry Lewis sat down for a conversation about his path to becoming a comedian and how his ...

Sammy Davis, Jr., also known as Mr. Entertainment, was an award-winning, versatile, accomplished singer, dancer, actor, and musician, who passed on May 16th, 1990.