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The French actress and dancer (who starred in Gigi and An American in Paris) tangoed with Fred Astaire, danced with Gene Kelly, partied with Barbra Streisand, matched wits on screen with Cary Grant and recalls the men (Warren Beatty, Peter Hall)... Full Article at Talk Entertainment
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The French film actress and dancer Leslie Caron tangoed with Fred Astaire, partied with Barbra Streisand and matched wits on screen with Cary Grant. Full Article at New York Post
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Waxworks of actors Fred Astaire (L) and Ginger Rogers are on display at the opening of Madame Tussauds Hollywood in Los Angeles July 21, 2009. View Photo »
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He's like Fred Astaire on a surfboard
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Joseph Epstein sets out to prove Astaire's virtuoso ability to dance on screen superseded whatever physical peculiarities he may have had (he wore a hairpiece and had "huge ears"). Full Article at The Independent
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On Wednesday, prolific songwriter and singer Johnny Mercer would have turned 100. Full Article at Online NewsHour
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…I thought we ought to open this thread up early to talk hockey if talk was going to happen To strive, to seek, to find, and to forever keep it Raw. Raw Charge. So maybe a feed can be found somewhere. Full Article at Sports Blogs
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Showcased at Fred Leighton Beverly Hills is Paul Flato's sensational aquamarine and ruby belt necklace. This piece belonged to Mrs. Cole Porter, who later gave the necklace to Fred Astaire's daughter, Adele. View Photo »
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My mom was a dancer and ran a dance school, and I got my first pair of tap shoes at the age of three ... I was a hyperactive kid and a quick study. I would stand in the back of my mom's classes and pick things up immediately. And I would watch TV and see the Nicholas Brothers or Fred Astaire or a Bob Fo...
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Is it possible to wow the public without tossing your hair around? Yes and no. Fred Astaire never let you see him sweat, but he sweetened his deceptively casual virtuosity with just enough charm to make it irresistible. Full Article at Offsetting Behaviour
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The great debate: Fred Astaire vs. Gene Kelly From Carrie Rickey's "Flickgrrl" www.philly.com/philly/blogs/ flickgrrl They are thesis and antithesis. Fred Astaire defies gravity; Gene Kelly is earthbound. Astaire is spirit; Kelly flesh. Full Article at Philadelphia Inquirer
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He's like Fred Astaire on a surfboard
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My mom was a dancer and ran a dance school, and I got my first pair of tap shoes at the age of three ... I was a hyperactive kid and a quick study. I would stand in the back of my mom's classes and pick things up immediately. And I would watch TV and see the Nicholas Brothers or Fred Astaire or a Bob Fo...
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If Fred Astaire is the Cary Grant of dance, I'm the Marlon Brando.
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I would watch films – Gene Kelly and Fred Astaire – but we never went to the ballet. We were always at the racetrack instead. To me that was normal, to go to the track, watch Dad race and be surrounded by these incredible cars. I loved it.
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Because the estate of Fred Astaire has been so tight with the control of his image and performances, the reputation of the music of Irving Berlin, which provided the late singer/dancer with signature pieces, can be argued to have been compromised
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When we started to put the show together and began to see the dancers performing the routines, we thought, Wow! ... We were able to work through the Fred Astaire estate to be able to use the dance numbers.
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She knew Donald O’Conner, Gene Kelly and Fred Astaire
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There are a variety of ways to improve your social dancing at Fred Astaire
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He's kind of the 21st century John Travolta and Fred Astaire wrapped into one
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My dad found these Fred Astaire-Ginger Rogers movies and Danny Kaye, Gene Kelly, Donald O'Connor. Every Sunday we had movie night. And we watched musicals. It was so amazing because I was addicted to it as a kid. I couldn't wait to come to America to see some of this live.
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Ginger Rogers did everything that Fred Astaire did. She just did it backward and in high heels.
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My dream growing up was I wanted to be as athletic a dancer as Gene Kelly and as smooth as Fred Astaire, but I wanted the cool of Frank Sinatra
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There is no question that Michael Jackson is one of the greatest talents the world has ever known ... The way he moved had the elegance of Fred Astaire and packed the punch of Muhammad Ali.
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He talked about how wonderful it was to have Elizabeth Taylor as an aunt figure and Fred Astaire showing him dance moves. How he loved singing and dancing with his family, travelling the world with the Jackson 5.
SOURCE: Times Online
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