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  1. Dog-Dancing Champions Perfected Canine Moonwalk and Boogie

    Tue, 6 Mar 2012

    was a title long held by the graceful Carolyn Scott and her irrepressible golden retriever, Rookie. They were the Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers of this world, and, like those stars of the silver screen, they kept things free and loose. The

  2. Newt Gingrich Gets His Own History Book in ‘Citizen Newt’

    Mon, 28 Nov 2011

    Wall Street Journal, “The Republican Party is a Fred Astaire movie in the age of ‘Flashdance.’ Either we change Flashdance wouldn’t apply today and nobody would know who Fred Astaire was, so I’d probably use a different set. But I think the

  3. Jennifer Grey 'Excited' Over 'Dirty Dancing' Remake

    Wed, 10 Aug 2011

    he said in a Lionsgate press release. "Patrick Swayze set the bar for men dancing in the movies as Gene Kelly and Fred Astaire did before him. I believe everywhere you look there is evidence that the talent is out there and I can't wait to

  4. News of 'Dirty Dancing' Remake Draws Outrage

    Tue, 9 Aug 2011

    he said in a Lionsgate press release. "Patrick Swayze set the bar for men dancing in the movies as Gene Kelly and Fred Astaire did before him. I believe everywhere you look there is evidence that the talent is out there and I can't wait to

  5. French Choreographer Roland Petit Dies at 87

    Sun, 10 Jul 2011

    collaborating with Orson Welles in "The Lady in the Ice" (1953) and choreographing classics like "Daddy Long Legs" with Fred Astaire and Leslie Caron (1954) or "Anything Goes" with Bing Crosby and Zizi Jeanmaire (1955). Famed American dancer

  6. Houston Man Who Invented Weed Eater Dies at 85

    Wed, 29 Jun 2011

    an important part of his family's life. After his military service, Ballas worked for both the Arthur Murray and Fred Astaire dance studio franchises. He was a dance instructor, but also travelled to various cities, troubleshooting to make

News

  1. Brown Acts as a Bridge in Men's Footwear

    Tue, 14 Jun 2011

    Movies back in the '50s embraced the brown shoe-gray trouser look, especially on dapper dressers Cary Grant and Fred Astaire , notes Grangaard. The political and cultural climate changed in the '60s, though, and men in business adopted the

  2. Eastwood, Mirren and Others Fete Morgan Freeman

    Fri, 10 Jun 2011

    Standing on the soundstage where Fred Astaire once danced and Dorothy skipped down the yellow brick road, Morgan Freeman accepted the American Film Institute's Life Achievement

  3. DWTS Couple Kirstie Alley and Maksim Chmerkovskiy Rehearse in the Big Apple

    Fri, 22 Apr 2011

    meaning himself," said Alley. "The most amazing thing about it is -- my hero is him, it was dying out back from Fred Astaire -Gene Kelly era, and he said when he came up back in '77, they called him and said the same thing to him," said

  4. Bill vs. Wild: Extreme Ice Climbing

    Wed, 6 Apr 2011

    where shooter-and-unsung-hero Christian Pondella comes in. Much the way Ginger Rogers had to dance as well as Fred Astaire , only backwards in heels, Pondella has to mimic many of Gadd's most daring climbs while holding a camera and changing

  5. Marilyn Monroe to Star Again?

    Fri, 14 Jan 2011

    has made giant strides in recent years, using computers either to match and merge old footage seamlessly with new— Fred Astaire dancing with a vacuum cleaner--or to generate images from scratch and without any real-world precedent. Within

  6. Hawking From the Grave: a Tribute or a Disgrace?

    Wed, 28 Oct 2009

    any payment to the family," Richman said. Remember Fred Astaire With a Dirt Devil And the result was that a valuable of a dead person in products and advertising; think Fred Astaire dancing with a Dirt Devil vacuum, or Elton John crooning

  7. Kathy Ireland Feels Like a 'Big Winner' After 'Dancing With the Stars' Appearance

    Mon, 21 Sep 2009

    supermodel credited her dance partner Tony Dovolani for teaching her "grace and elegance." "Tony is a genius, the Fred Astaire of our generation," she said. She also expressed gratitude to her supporters, including legendary actress Elizabeth

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Videos

  1. Matthew Broderick Is Back on Broadway

    Fri, 20 Apr 2012

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  2. Pet Crazy: Dancing Dogs

    Fri, 9 Mar 2012

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  3. Tucker Carlson: Dancing Dud

    Thu, 14 Sep 2006

    A journalist's dancing leave some people longing for the days of Fred Astaire .

  4. Extreme Campout: Bill Weir Tackles El Capitan

    Wed, 3 Aug 2011

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  5. 'This is It'

    Fri, 25 Jun 2010

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  6. Aug. 1, 2006: MTV Turns 25

    Fri, 28 May 2010

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  7. This Week (08.03.08)

    Sun, 3 Aug 2008

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