Photo: Ingrid Andress | By Nicole Winfield, Associated Press | Pope Francis has long lamented that he can’t walk around town unnoticed like he used to before becoming pope. But he seems to have nevertheless kept his sense of humor after he was caught on camera making an unannounced visit to a Rome record shop this week.
Francis wrote a note to the Vatican reporter who happened to be in the right place at the right time Tuesday evening when the pope slipped out of the Vatican to bless the newly renovated Stereo Sound shop near the Pantheon.
Javier Martinez-Brocal, director of the Rome Reports news agency, filmed Francis leaving the shop, in footage that went viral and even got written up in the Vatican newspaper, L’Osservatore Romano.
Martinez-Brocal wrote the pope a note afterward, explaining that he wasn’t a paparazzo and regretting Francis can’t move around unnoticed anymore, but adding that the story provided a much-needed dose of good news for a world inundated with tragedy.
“I won’t deny that it was (bad luck) that after taking all the precautions, there was a journalist waiting for someone on the taxi line,” Francis replied. But he added: “You can’t lose your sense of humor.”
Writing in his trademark tiny script, Francis then repeated that what he misses most about being pope is no longer being able to take walks, as he used to do in Buenos Aires. …
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Read the rest of this fun story here:
https://www.9news.com/article/news/nation-world/pope-caught-at-record-store/507-c063d468-662b-4b72-8a2d-8dee78c52e04
[Thanks to Alex Teitz, http://www.femmusic.com, for contributing this article!]
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Another Colorado VIP siting: Good to see Highlands Ranch native Ingrid Andress with Sam Hunt on Stephen Colbert, The Late Show, on Monday, Jan. 17th. Ingrid was nominated for 3 Grammys in 2021 (see article from January 14, 2021).
See the full episode here:
https://www.cbs.com/shows/the-late-show-with-stephen-colbert/video/
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CBS Sunday Morning Presents the Legendary Liza Minnelli
The EGOT-winning entertainer sits down with “Sunday Morning” host Jane Pauley, and with her friend and accompanist Michael Feinstein, to talk about a life in the spotlight; the influence of French singer Charles Aznavour on her Oscar-winning performance in “Cabaret”; and how, at 75, she still continues to honor the works of Gershwin – and the life of her mother, Judy Garland.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/legendary-liza-minnelli-150001645.html
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97-year-old Pianist Ruth Slenczynska Signs Global Record Deal
https://www.music-news.com/news/Underground/145909/97-year-old-pianist-Ruth-Slenczynska-signs-global-record-deal
[Thanks to Alex Teitz, http://www.femmusic.com, for contributing this article!]
Notes on Pope Francis, Ingrid Andress, Liza Minelli, and 97 Year Old Ruth Slenczynska
