Jazz singer René Marie's latest release is I Wanna Be Evil: With Love to Eartha Kitt. Whether singing on stage in an evening gown or fighting Batman on TV in a leather catsuit, Eartha Kitt had a way ...

In the 1960s, Earth Kitt famously caused a controversy, when she denounced the Vietnam War at a White House luncheon. Still, it's fitting that Ms. Kitt passed away yesterday, on a holiday she has ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. In a word, she was...purrrfect. Preternaturally alluring and charismatic, Eartha Kitt achieved worldwide fame at a time when most ...

Considering the length of her Christmas list, Eartha Kitt must have been a very good girl in 1953. That’s the year the sultry siren from South Carolina recorded an enduring holiday classic, the one ...

Eartha Kitt sidles to her spot in front of the Steinway, staring down her audience and challenging them to "champagne me" and "caviar me." The star duly proceeds through the songs, the growls and ...

Whether singing on stage in an evening gown or fighting Batman on TV in a leather catsuit, Eartha Kitt had a way of infusing sensuality into everything she did. Kitt died in 2008 at 81, after having ...

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