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On-Stage: Love, Linda

Everyone from Fred Astaire to Charlie Parker has performed the music of Cole Porter.

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Related Topix: Charlie Parker, Jazz, Cole Porter, Theater, Arts

Thu Nov 05, 2009

The Union

Silver Screen jumps on 'The Band Wagon'

Silver Screen Classic Movie Series continues with the musical comedy "The Band Wagon," from 1953.

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Related Topix: Comedy Movies, Family, The Band Wagon, Musical Movies, Jazz, Nanette Fabray, Cyd Charisse

Tue Nov 03, 2009

Pennlive.com

'Finian's Rainbow' theater review: How are things in Missitucky? Weird

After 62 years, multiple revivals and a ghastly movie version directed by the fledgling Francis Coppola, "Finian's Rainbow" can't deliver many surprises.

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Related Topix: Theater, Finian's Rainbow, Arts, Family, Musical Movies, Jazz, Manufacturing, Automakers, R and B, Fine, NY, Ballet, Entertainment

Sun Nov 01, 2009

Arkansas Online

THEATER Young thespians show off fruits of summer labor

Nicole Capri Bauer compares Follie Holidays, the Arkansas Repertory Theatrea s latest annual production by young performers, to the 1942 movie Holiday Inn that starred Bing Crosby and Fred Astaire.

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Related Topix: Arkansas, Holiday Inn, Comedy Movies, Musical Movies, Bing Crosby, Jazz

Sat Oct 31, 2009

Plymouth Evening Herald

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THREE years ago another "backstage" musical had its European premiere at the Theatre Royal and enjoyed sell-out performances.

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Related Topix: Comedy Movies, White Christmas, Musical Movies, Life, Holidays, Christmas, Blue Skies, Holiday Inn, Bing Crosby, Jazz

Mon Oct 19, 2009

Examiner.com

Classic films in focus: Carefree

DVD cover art - Turner Home Ent. The name, Carefree , pretty much sums up what you need to know about this romantic comedy featuring classic movie favorites Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers.

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Related Topix: Carefree, Comedy Movies, Musical Movies, Kitty Foyle: The Natural History of a Woman, Drama Movies, Ginger Rogers, Jazz, Ralph Bellamy, Wedding

Detroit Free Press

Exploring Avedon's impact on fashion photography

An exuberant snap and visceral pop pulsate through much of the best American vernacular art.

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Related Topix: Photography, Arts, Jazz, Frank Sinatra, Detroit, MI, Detroit Metro

Sat Oct 17, 2009

Examiner.com

Rita Hayworth ~ 91st anniversary of actress' birthday

Rita Hayworth was a film actress and dancer who attained fame during the 1940s not only as one of the era's top stars, but also as the era's greatest sex symbol, most notably in Gilda .

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Related Topix: Pal Joey, Thriller, Drama Movies, Fire Down Below, Action Movies, Adventure, Musical Movies, You Were Never Lovelier, Comedy Movies, You'll Never Get Rich, Rita Hayworth, Jazz

Thu Oct 15, 2009

USA Today

New on DVD: Original 'Stepfather,' 'Stop Making Sense'

A landmark rock documentary and one of the first standout roles for Lost 's Terry O'Quinn are among this week's platinum picks on DVD.

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Related Topix: Horror Movies, Thriller, Drama Movies, The Stepfather, Terry O'Quinn, Talking Heads, Pop/Rock, Comedy Movies, Royal Wedding, Musical Movies, Jazz, Arts, Dance, Movies, Entertainment

Sun Oct 11, 2009

Playbill

Astaire Looks to the Rainbow

The start of previews for Finian's Rainbow brings to mind Francis Ford Coppola's 1968 film version, widely perceived as a failure.

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Related Topix: Family, Finian's Rainbow, Musical Movies, Jazz

Washington Times

VAULTS: Dancing duo ideal in 'Divorcee'

Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers were cast as show business colleagues in "Flying Down to Rio," the first of the nine RKO musicals that teamed them in the 1930s.

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Related Topix: Comedy Movies, Flying Down to Rio, Musical Movies, Jazz, Short, 42nd Street, Gold Diggers of 1933, Drama Movies, Ginger Rogers, Gene Raymond

Fri Oct 09, 2009

Santa Barbara Independent

New John Caird Musical Daddy Long Legs Premieres at Rubicon

If you're like most Americans, the title - Daddy Long Legs ' rings an extremely distant bell.

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Related Topix: Comedy Movies, Drama Movies, Daddy-Long-Legs, Musical Movies, Jazz, Leslie Caron, Theater, Vocal, Charles Dickens

Mon Oct 05, 2009

Examiner.com

Caring, Sharing, Can Money Buy Happiness?

If you've been shopping recently, you know that the end of 2009 is steadily approaching.

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Related Topix: Holiday Inn, Comedy Movies, Musical Movies, Bing Crosby, Jazz

Sun Oct 04, 2009

San diego reader Blogs

Memorial Life: Let's Dance, Let's Sway

Posted October 4, 2009, 9:33 a.m. I think Latin dancing is so attractive. I cana t be bothered watching fox trots, waltzes, Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers bore me to death.

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Related Topix: Sway, Hip-Hop, Comedy Movies, Music!, Drama Movies, Shall We Dance, Musical Movies, Jazz, Ginger Rogers, Take the Lead, Antonio Banderas

Fri Oct 02, 2009

Guardian Unlimited

Corrections and clarifications

It said that Hepburn took ballet lessons to be able to dance with Astaire in Funny Face.

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Related Topix: Funny Face, Short, Comedy Movies, Musical Movies, Audrey Hepburn, Jazz, Arts, Ballet

Guardian Unlimited

Hollywood has lost the art of filming good fight scenes

You wait ages for a lunkhead action pic to come along, and then District 13: Ultimatum and Ip Man arrive in the same week, followed by Ong-Bak: The Beginning a fortnight later.

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Related Topix: Jazz, War Movies, Drama Movies, Action Movies, Universal Soldier, Science Fiction Movies

Wed Sep 30, 2009

Scotsman.com Living

Interview: Leslie Caron, dancer, actress and writer

LESLIE Caron has kissed Nureyev, danced with Astaire and Kelly, and talked film with Renoira it's no wonder Lee Randall is a little starstruck LESLIE Caron is a petite lady with an enormous a ' and dazzling a ' list of accomplishments.

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Related Topix: Comedy Movies, Drama Movies, Daddy-Long-Legs, Musical Movies, Leslie Caron, France, World News, Arts, Dance, Jazz

WSJM AM 1400 & FM 94.9

Kathy Ireland Done Dancing, but Still 'A Big Winner'

Kathy Ireland, the third contestant to be voted off "Dancing With the Stars," said despite the early send-off she still feels "like a big winner.

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Related Topix: Drama Movies, Comedy Movies, Shall We Dance, Music!, Musical Movies, Jazz

Mon Sep 28, 2009

National Public Radio

Fashion, A La Mode Again At The Multiplex

Coco Before Chanel, starring Audrey Tautou, explores the early life of the iconic French designer who changed fashion history with her classic tweed suit.

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Related Topix: Audrey Tautou, Bright Star, The Last Emperor, Hip-Hop, Funny Face, Short, Comedy Movies, Musical Movies, Jazz, Drama Movies, Mahogany

Fri Sep 18, 2009

Providence Journal

Merkin was colorful in a black-and-white world

I asked Richard Merkin if he was into The Beatles. It was a logical question for someone whose face was featured on one of their albums.

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Related Topix: Jazz, Pop/Rock, John Lennon, New York

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