Easter Parade News

Actress Lorna Luft was born to show business. By age 11, she was singing on TV with her legendary mom on "The Judy Garland Show." Her father was producer Sid Luft, and her half-sister is Oscar and Tony winner Liza Minnelli.

While there's no shortage of activities at the Sorg Opera House, the 118-year-old opera house itself, on 57 S. Main St, could stand some major sprucing up.

Katie Holmes' performance on So You Think You Can Dance has not received much praise, according to E! Online.

Katie Holmes might have gotten "happy" on So You Think You Can Dance last night , but the fans seem more than a little disappointed.

From ingenue darling to legendary star of stage and screen , beloved songbird Judy Garland was at the height of her fame and popularity during the television run of The Judy Garland Show.

A charming but often miscast leading actress, with a tough style reminiscent of Barbara Stanwyck, Lola Albright was shown at her best in "A Cold Wind in August" . She won the Best Actress award at the 1966 Berlin.... A charming but often miscast leading actress, with a tough style reminiscent of Barbara Stanwyck, Lola Albright was shown at her best ...

In the early 1960s, I was 10 or 11, and 10 p.m. was my bedtime on school nights.

THOMASTON : The Friends of the Thomaston Public Library is presenting a series of Judy Garland films Fridays in June at the Thomaston Academy Building, 60 Main St./Route 1. The third film in the Tribute to Judy Garland series will be "Easter Parade" Friday, June 19.

Infinity Entertainment and Falcon Entertainment Group have announced the upcoming release of The Judy Garland Show on DVD.

It was about 60 years ago when Roy Eakes got his first paper route. Irving Berlin's "Easter Parade" starring Judy Garland and Fred Astaire was playing at the Princess Theater on the Square.

THOMASTON : Friends of the Thomaston Public Library is presenting a series of films Fridays in June in Room 208 of the Thomaston Academy Building, 60 Main St./Route 1. The June movies will comprise a tribute to Judy Garland.

Middletown Lyric Theatre's 2009-10 season includes everything from a Christmas show to a tribute to the movies of Mickey Rooney and Judy Garland.

A Broadway star who ventured to Hollywood mid-career, Fred Astaire quickly became the era's icon of grace, style and perfection.

All we ever hear about in books, movies and television are unfulfilled dreams. We are pained and feel sorry for those whose visions are dashed and spend a lifetime pining for their own personal visions of happiness.

It's Easter Sunday, time to don that Easter bonnet and...plop in front of the TV! Judy Garland sings about hats and umbrellas in the 1948 classic Easter Parade , airing at 4 P.M. on TCM.

Judy Garland the star, had a troubled personal life. Now a biopic of her is on the anvil with Anne Hathaway in the lead.

Think of it as a progressive film festival, not like in pushing artistic boundaries, more like how film fans will have to follow the Second Annual Japan Film Festival Los Angeles around town.

If it's Easter on Fifth Avenue that means one thing: people in big hats posing for pictures.

The Easter Parade started out as a chance for New Yorkers to show off their holiday finery after church. It has evolved into a springtime version of Halloween.

Dianna Facci was wearing a hat made of a vintage lampshade on Sunday. It was covered with flowers, butterflies and a birdhouse.

Her sister Linda's creation was more austere: a papier-mache Easter egg worn at a rakish angle. She said: 'The yolk's on me!'

From left are actors Victor Mature, Richard Burton and Michael Rennie in a scene from "The Robe" in this April 1953 photo.