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Tuesday Nov 3 | The Voice

Theatre

Tennessee Williams' Pulitzer Prize-winning play comes to the West End with a star-studded cast.

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Related Topix: Travel, World News, Greater London County, England, London, United Kingdom Travel, United Kingdom Travel, Essex County, England, United Kingdom, Black Entertainment,

Fri Oct 23, 2009

Daily Express

My Six Best Albums: Debbie Allen

DEBBIE Allen, 59, starred as Lydia Grant in the hit Eighties' TV series Fame. She's currently directing Cat On A Hot Tin Roof, which opens at the Novello Theatre on December 1 Mariah Carey: Butterfly I think Mariah is one of the songbirds of this millennium and the music on this album is truly inspirational.

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Related Topix: Fame, Entertainment, Drama, Television, Black Entertainment, Pop/Rock, Mariah Carey, Michael Jackson, Miles Davis, Jazz

Tue Oct 20, 2009

Amherst Daily News

And the finalists are...

AMHERST The night is almost here that will see local businesses honoured with excellence awards.

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Related Topix: Black Entertainment

Fri Oct 16, 2009

MergeDigital

Coming Soon: 2009 Movies

Here's a look at images from 2009 movies with release dates. Image 1 of 29 'Fame' tentative release date Sept.

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Related Topix: Black Entertainment

Mon Oct 05, 2009

Telegraph.co.uk

Why black producers are heading for Broadway

Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, Tennessee Williams's masterpiece of Southern Gothic about a family stewing in its own juices, arrives in the West End next month after its hit Broadway run.

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Related Topix: Comedy, Entertainment, Television, Drama, Black Entertainment, New York

Sat Oct 03, 2009

Hattiesburg American

Oak Grove High dancers study with Debbie Allen

Oak Grove High students Brittain Allgood and Whitnee Bradford both were mesmerized and intimidated when they walked into the Debbie Allen Dance Academy in Los Angeles this past summer.

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Related Topix: Black Entertainment, Emmy Awards, Entertainment, Television, Arts, Dance, Ballet

Fri Oct 02, 2009

Liverpool Daily Post

Film & Cinema: FAME

THE update of the 1980 smash hit, remade by young choreographer-turned-director Kevin Tancharoen, begins with Debbie Allen's classic line: "Fame costs.

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Related Topix: Fame, Entertainment, Drama, Television, Black Entertainment, The Soloist, Robert Downey Jr., Comedy Movies, Pride and Prejudice, Drama Movies

Thu Oct 01, 2009

CNN

Fame Movie Review - Rajiim Gross

Movie had a Great Cast...Some actors I'd never seen before and then some veterans actors whose work I know very well to include Charles S. Dutton, Kelsey Grammer, Megan Mullally, were in the film along with Debbie Allen who was from the original cast was in this film along with "So You Think You Can Dance" Alumni Kherington Payne.

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Related Topix: Black Entertainment

Wed Sep 30, 2009

Entertainment

'Fame' remake has lost its gritty edginess

Fame, the original ''high school musical,'' earns a sometimes toe-tapping remake that borrows scenes, situations and character ''types'' from its 1980 original.

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Related Topix: Black Entertainment, Cheers, Comedy, Entertainment, Drama, Television, Frasier, Kelsey Grammer, Bebe Neuwirth, Notorious

Tue Sep 29, 2009

New Republic

The 'Fame' Remake: Unnecessary, but With Occasional Bursts of Tenderness

Way back in 1980, when the Oscar-winning theme song of the movie Fame declared "I'm gonna live forever," it was easy to believe the lyric was an example of artistic license.

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Related Topix: Fame, Entertainment, Drama, Television, Theater, Arts, Black Entertainment

Atlanta Journal-Constitution

The First Series of the Fall Season is Cancelled

Your guide to the two biggest weeks of fun, food, stunts, rides and pageants in Marietta.

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Related Topix: Black Entertainment, Atlanta, GA, Dinosaur, Science, Paleontology

KVVU-TV Henderson

Vegas Hosting 'Fame' Premiere

LAS VEGAS -- The stars of the musical “Fame” will walk the red carpet at the Paris Hotel and Casino Thursday night, just before the film’s premiere.

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Related Topix: Fame, Black Entertainment

Mon Sep 28, 2009

Atlanta Journal-Constitution

New 'Fame' will feel quite familiar to fans of 1980 film, TV series

"You've got big dreams? You want fame? Well, fame costs. And right here is where you start paying...in sweat," said Debbie Allen as dance instructor Lydia Grant.

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Related Topix: Fame, Entertainment, Drama, Television, Black Entertainment, Arts, Dance, Pop/Rock, Irene Cara

Sunday Tribune

Back to the future

Young hopefuls wanting to make the big time in NYC, leg warmers and Debbie Allen - yes, it's the remake of the classic '80s film Fame for a new generation, which opened in cinemas this weekend.

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Related Topix: Entertainment, Drama, Television, Black Entertainment, Thriller, Crime Movies, Mississippi Burning, Drama Movies, Footloose, Music!, Gossip Girl, Action TV

Sun Sep 27, 2009

Houston Chronicle

Debbie Allen's claim to Fame comes full circle

Actress, dancer, director and Houston native Debbie Allen stars as principal Angela Simms in Fame.

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Related Topix: Fame, Entertainment, Drama, Television, Black Entertainment, Houston, TX, Houston Metro

The Seattle Times

Scarecrow Suggests | 'Fame' fans might like 'Camp,' 'Girls Rock' and others

Our recommendations this week begin with the obvious, the original "Fame" that spawned a TV show, a stage musical and millions of amateur performances in bathtubs and basements everywhere.

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Related Topix: Entertainment, Drama, Television, Comedy Movies, Camp, Drama Movies, Musical Movies, Teenagers, Family, Black Entertainment, Pop/Rock, Irene Cara, Biography Movies, Evita, Movies

E! Online - Movie Reviews

Review: Fame Remake Doesn't Learn How to Fly, Might Not Live Forever

Review in a Hurry: The '80s sensation is reborn for the High School Musical generation.

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Related Topix: Fame, Entertainment, Drama, Television, Black Entertainment

Sat Sep 26, 2009

ComingSoon.net

Fame

Cast: Naturi Naughton as Denise Collins Pennie as Malik Kay Panabaker as Jenny Asher Book as Marco Kherington Payne as Alice Walter Perez as Victor Taveras Anna Maria Perez de Tagle as Joy Moy Paul Iacono as Neil Baczynsky Kristy Flores as Rosie Paul McGill as Kevin Debbie Allen as Principal Angela Simms Charles S. Dutton as Mr.

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Related Topix: Fame, Black Entertainment, Bebe Neuwirth, Movies, Entertainment

Kelowna Capital News

Fame updates itself in a new movie

Almost 30 years ago, a movie centred on a group of students and their studies at the New York High School of Performing Arts became a hit and received two Academy Awards, a spin-off TV series and a musical which has played in London's West End since 1995.

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Related Topix: Fame, Entertainment, Drama, Television, Black Entertainment, Comedy, Cheers, Bebe Neuwirth, Will and Grace

Fri Sep 25, 2009

NPR

Chasing 'Fame,' In The Clumsiest Possible Way

At the New York City High School of Performing Arts, artistically gifted students spend four years perfecting their games, performing every chance they get - including at the school's Halloween carnival - in their pursuit of stardom.

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Related Topix: Fame, Black Entertainment, Pop/Rock, Irene Cara, Notorious, R-N-B, 3lw

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