Fred Astaire News

Paul Olson lives in Chicago, idolizes Clint Eastwood, Toshiro Mifune and Fred Astaire, and doesn't like the president much.

It was only a matter of time before Paul McCartney would release an album of standards. After all, this is the man who wrote such throwback tunes as "Your Mother Should Know," "When I'm Sixty-Four," "Honey Pie," "You Gave Me the Answer," and the lesser-known "A Room with a View." In various interviews, McCartney has also cited his love of Tin Pan Alley, Cole Porter, and Fred Astaire, who performed so many classic and iconic tracks.

RBTH catches up with American ballet dancer David Hallberg who joined the Bolshoi Ballet as a principal last summer and shared his experience.

The Oscar-nominated dance documentary makes exciting use of the technology. What's more, the format is becoming increasingly easy to use to record dance of all kinds.

Paul McCartney sat down with a group of journalists in London on Thursday afternoon to discuss his upcoming standards album, Kisses on the Bottom , and footage of the half-hour Q&A session was streamed live over the Internet.

One of the cleverest dance numbers in film history is Fred Astaire dancing on the ceiling in Royal Wedding .