| 单词 | Astaire |
| 例句 | They think it’s all right to dance and pretend you’re Fred Astaire because you can jump all over the screen with Ginger Rogers. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z The Western Union office in San Francisco was overwhelmed with hundreds of congratulatory telegrams for the Howards, including those from Bing Crosby, A1 Jolson, and Fred Astaire. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z And “New York, New York” seemed to be referencing Hermes Pan, who choreographed many of the Fred Astaire movies. For Broadway Dance, High Kicks and Low Comedy in a Season of Change 2023-05-10T04:00:00Z Katharine Hepburn said that Astaire gave Rogers class and Rogers gave him sex, but it was their dancing together that brought the heat. Escape With Me Into the Trippy World of 1930s Musicals 2020-04-22T04:00:00Z Two years later, Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers would sing it — “Pick yourself up/ dust yourself off/ start all over again” — and then dance it in the movie “Swing Time.” School of American Ballet’s New Graduates Onstage 2014-06-02T04:00:00Z He studied famously natty dressers like Fred Astaire, men who found a style and seldom deviated from it throughout their lives. The Uniform Cool of Charlie Watts 2021-08-25T04:00:00Z When Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers meet, she’s hard-bitten and he’s a sleek aristocrat, or vice versa, and through that magic comes an amazing dance. Duos of 'Genius': A. Scott Berg and John Logan, Colin Firth and Jude Law, Maxwell Perkins and Thomas Wolfe 2016-06-03T04:00:00Z On the occasion of the reissues of the two most indispensable books about Astaire, it’s worth taking another look at “Bojangles.” Astaire The Artist, Even in Blackface 2011-01-30T02:30:03Z Caleb Teicher is among the more promising, though his number on Thursday was no more than a cute sketch, not improving upon a Fred Astaire recording by adding a weak remix and some hip-hop moves. Review: An Anemic Tribute to Tap Dance History 2016-07-15T04:00:00Z Many of the servers are dressed in high-waisted, loose-legged trousers and flowing white dress shirts, as if they were in costume for a Fred Astaire movie. French Cafe Food, Not So New but Very Much Improved 2018-05-01T04:00:00Z A lot of designers over the years have been influenced by Astaire and other style icons, but usually their stuff is embarrassingly literal. On the Runway Blog: At Men's Fashion Shows, A Mix of Aspiration and Powerful Intrigue 2012-01-20T18:02:42Z On the other hand, Adam Cooper, who plays the Gene Kelly part in "Singin' in the Rain" at the Palace Theater, exudes an aristocratic insouciance that one associates with Astaire. ArtsBeat: He's Having a Baby: 'Birthday' in London 2012-06-29T18:30:51Z While Astaire was always hailed as a great dancer, it was largely Ms. Croce who drew attention to his greatness as a choreographer and the expressive qualities of his duets with Rogers. Astaire The Artist, Even in Blackface 2011-01-30T02:30:03Z He also smartly pitched it to Astaire’s frail-but-convincing tenor; for example, in the line “And my heart beats so that I can hardly speak,” the melody zigzags up to a note Astaire can hardly sing. The All-TIME 100 Songs 2011-10-24T09:00:29Z The farcical complications that separate Fred Astaire from Ginger Rogers matter only in the moment when they clear and allow those two glittering figures to once more occupy a Bakelite dance floor. Review | The glorious history of movie musicals 2019-11-26T05:00:00Z Born in Columbia, South Carolina, Donen would remember movies — especially those with Astaire and Ginger Rogers— as a needed escape from the tensions of being one of the few Jews in his community. Stanley Donen, director of ‘Singin’ in the Rain,’ dies at 94 2019-02-23T05:00:00Z In March 2016, Mr. Astaire was at Kennedy Airport traveling home, from New York to London, when he spotted a chicly dressed woman in the line at British Airways. She Crumbled the Fortress Around His Heart 2019-01-18T05:00:00Z Carpenter's strategy for wrenching the instrument out of its torpor is first to dress like an ice-dancing Skrillex, then to deliver performances of great physical drama, his body convulsing, his legs moving like Fred Astaire. Manchester International Festival 2013: Cameron Carpenter's organised noise 2013-06-10T11:25:27Z For “Tilted,” Ms. Letissier said, she was drawn to Fred Astaire: “The walls are flying, and he’s dancing on the ceiling at some point, and you lose perception — is he falling or is he flying?” Christine and the Queens, an Alter Ego Combining Music and Dance 2016-10-05T04:00:00Z What’s of interest is that the music is a song not only recorded but also composed by Fred Astaire, but even Ms. Peck’s skill cannot keep this relentlessly perky duet from outstaying its welcome. Dance Review: New York City Ballet’s Gala, With Costumes by Valentino 2012-09-22T00:16:05Z Prominent in that show was Jared Grimes, a favorite of Mr. Marsalis and a smooth virtuoso who earned a 2014 Fred Astaire award for his bring-down-the-house tapping in the retro Broadway revue “After Midnight.” Ratmansky and Lil Buck on the Spring Dance Calendar 2016-02-17T05:00:00Z Fourteen years later, Mr. Bleu, 27, is making good on his promise to honor Astaire. Corbin Bleu, on Broadway and Dancing in Fred Astaire’s Footsteps 2016-10-12T04:00:00Z Mr. Astaire had wanted to see certain parts of America. She Crumbled the Fortress Around His Heart 2019-01-18T05:00:00Z Astaire disliked the fragmentation of Berkeley’s numbers, which could turn bodies into machinelike parts, insisting that “either the camera will dance or I will.” ‘La La Land’ Makes Musicals Matter Again 2016-11-23T05:00:00Z Here is where Mr. Ross, who opened the room, evoked Fred Astaire, Cole Porter and Noël Coward so vividly that he seemed a living composite. Critic?s Notebook: Oak Room at Algonquin Hotel Closes 2012-02-04T01:28:32Z She was screen-ready to dance with Fred Astaire, who after hitting big with Ginger Rogers needed a fresh partner. Escape With Me Into the Delirious World of 1940s Musicals 2020-05-07T04:00:00Z Offscreen, African-American dancers trained white performers; onscreen, the blues and jazz filled soundtracks and white stars like Astaire and Shirley Temple appeared in blackface. Escape With Me Into the Delirious World of 1940s Musicals 2020-05-07T04:00:00Z “If you notice, all Fred Astaire movies are full figure, and Balanchine ballets are like that,” he said in an interview in The New York Times in 2011. Merrill Brockway, Producer of TV’s ‘Dance in America,’ Dies at 90 2013-05-09T22:40:03Z She is pleasantly surprised to find that the director and his interlocutor are in the middle of an exchange about one of her favorite childhood movies, “Swing Time” starring Fred Astaire. Art is not an escape — it’s our most powerful weapon against apathy 2016-11-26T05:00:00Z Kelly drilled her day after day until her feet bled, and even the great Fred Astaire, who happened to visit the set, pitched in to help her. In Hollywood’s golden age, no dancer rivaled Debbie Reynolds’s high-stepping joy 2016-12-29T05:00:00Z By turning the camera 90 degrees, he creates scenes that simulate weightlessness and horizontality, much as the director Stanley Donen made it appear, in “Royal Wedding,” that Fred Astaire was dancing on the ceiling. Review: A Sci-Fi Classic Featuring a Multiverse of Stooges 2020-07-31T04:00:00Z Unlike Mr. Astaire, Ms. Ordovas had not spotted him until, as fate would have it, he sat in the opposite seat from her on the plane. She Crumbled the Fortress Around His Heart 2019-01-18T05:00:00Z That’s what a studio executive supposedly wrote about Fred Astaire after an early screen test. Review: James Corden Is Amiable, if Not Particularly Special, in ‘Late Late Show’ Debut on CBS 2015-03-24T04:00:00Z Mr. Astaire left his phone number and email address. She Crumbled the Fortress Around His Heart 2019-01-18T05:00:00Z During one early rehearsal, Jones spoke of George Balanchine and Fred Astaire while Parker, her frame narrow and taut, stretched at a barre near an upright piano. How a new dance gets made: Behind the scenes at American Contemporary Ballet 2016-08-05T04:00:00Z "It was like going deep into the psychology of the character. Working with him was like waltzing with Fred Astaire — a flowing, perfect partnership." Jane Fonda's take on directors of her memorable films 2014-06-03T04:00:00Z No two numbers better show how Astaire went on extending his art beyond the heights of his work with Rogers. Astaire The Artist, Even in Blackface 2011-01-30T02:30:03Z Fred Astaire learns that his feet are better suited to dancing than chat-up lines when he inserts them in to his own mouth. Clip joint: The top five 'meet cutes' 2013-01-23T17:36:53Z A man stumbling in woman’s shoes is an easy joke, but this bit of crowd work evoked the old line about Ginger Rogers doing everything Fred Astaire did, except backward and in heels. Review: As Amy Schumer Evolves, So Does Her Arena Show 2016-09-25T04:00:00Z When he dances, cane in hand, he glides like a ballroom-dancing smoothie; he is about as macho as Fred Astaire. Music Review: A Bachelor, Five Couples and All Their Tuneful Discontents 2011-04-08T23:21:13Z They select a scene of Astaire dancing with three silhouettes to exemplify their theories on the film. Art is not an escape — it’s our most powerful weapon against apathy 2016-11-26T05:00:00Z This is rather like the infamous judgment on Fred Astaire's first screen test and similarly misses the point. Elizabeth Taylor remembered by Philip French 2011-03-27T00:08:05Z Lichtenstein's meticulously hand-painted dots may be no more reminiscent of French pointillism than of Fred Astaire re-recording each tap in a tap dance for the film's soundtrack. From heresy to visionary 2013-02-23T09:01:01Z “She was as lovely as I remembered,” Mr. Astaire said. She Crumbled the Fortress Around His Heart 2019-01-18T05:00:00Z But I’m always fascinated by his moves: Chan is the Fred Astaire of outrageous mayhem. ‘Police Story,’ When Jackie Chan Swung Into Action 2019-01-29T05:00:00Z “It reminds me of Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers, how they dance so well together.” For the Saxophonist Zoh Amba, Free Jazz Is Gospel 2022-09-26T04:00:00Z I already loved watching Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers movies, and then one Sunday afternoon I caught Josephine's film Zouzou on Channel 4. Connecting with a jazz sensation 2013-07-26T23:46:30Z Notable for its elegant style and dramatic staging and lighting effects, the Astaire special — the first TV program preserved on color videotape — won nine Emmy Awards. Bud Yorkin, innovative TV producer and director, dies at 89 2015-08-19T04:00:00Z As Michael Grade, once the pair’s agent, points out in the series, Wise, in particular, always had the US as his benchmark, his heroes being Gene Kelly and Fred Astaire. Morecambe & Wise in America: how the duo made it in the US 2018-12-27T05:00:00Z In view of those white American attitudes toward blacks in this era, the nature of Astaire’s tribute in “Bojangles” becomes much clearer. Astaire The Artist, Even in Blackface 2011-01-30T02:30:03Z I was extremely nearsighted as a child — still am — and I got the idea that Fred Astaire was Alastair. The Making of Black Ivy Style 2021-11-17T05:00:00Z From Shirley Temple to Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers, they watched nearly every film with song and dance from the Golden Age of cinema. Wine jelly is the nostalgic dessert that deserves a comeback 2022-05-29T04:00:00Z “And I begged Harry, ‘When I get in there, let me be Fred Astaire and do the tap dancing,’ ” Hudson says. Pop genius Harry Nilsson left an unreleased record behind. Now you can finally hear the completed version. 2019-09-24T04:00:00Z The 20th century saw four choreographic masters of the male-female duet: Fred Astaire, George Balanchine, Frederick Ashton and Merce Cunningham. Review: ‘Cinderella’ Returns to the American Ballet Theater Stable 2015-06-30T04:00:00Z "George Gershwin, Irving Berlin--the greatest composers adored Astaire so much." Lady Gaga, Tony Bennett prep for Grammy Awards, second album 2015-02-06T05:00:00Z Like Fred Astaire teaming with Ginger Rogers, dance has found a perfect partner for a new kind of pas de deux: horror. When Extremes Attract: Dance and Horror’s New Pas de Deux 2019-03-17T04:00:00Z “My sister and I had to saw our way through,” Astaire once wrote. ‘The Astaires,’ by Kathleen Riley 2012-06-01T22:36:06Z But even if you remain bothered by its blackface aspect, “Bojangles” should be watched time and again, because it’s one of Astaire’s most rhythmically imaginative solos. Astaire The Artist, Even in Blackface 2011-01-30T02:30:03Z Here was a world premiere show, with me playing the part Fred Astaire immortalised in 1935. 2013 Olivier award nominees: 'No, I haven't written a speech' 2013-04-25T05:30:01Z When I was 4 or 5, I was watching a Fred Astaire film — there was a whole series on British television at the time — and I sat with my nose almost against the screen, mesmerized. The Making of Black Ivy Style 2021-11-17T05:00:00Z At some point she must have come to the realisation that, in the Fred Astaire films we always watched, dance partners Fred and Ginger were not actually father and daughter. Now we are three: me, my daughter and my new fiancee 2013-07-20T08:00:00Z “There’s a little Laurel, of Laurel and Hardy, in him. A little Cary Grant in him. A little Astaire,” says Norman Lear, the “All in the Family” creator. At 95, Dick Van Dyke is still the consummate showman. And he’s desperate to get back onstage. 2021-05-13T04:00:00Z For more of Ms. Bentley’s analysis — and more clips of the phenomenal Astaire — read the full review. ArtsBeat: A YouTube Affair With Fred Astaire 2012-05-31T16:27:16Z He had watched musicals growing up but found it revelatory to see Astaire and Rogers cheek to cheek in “Top Hat” while watching Jean-Luc Godard and Maya Deren. ‘La La Land’ Makes Musicals Matter Again 2016-11-23T05:00:00Z You know how Ginger Rogers did everything Fred Astaire did, but backwards and in high heels? "Birds of Prey" is a fantabulous, feminist grenade 2020-02-08T05:00:00Z Then Ms. Ordovas has some unexpected surgery, and for two months Mr. Astaire took care of her. She Crumbled the Fortress Around His Heart 2019-01-18T05:00:00Z There’s Astaire dancing as magically as ever, but he’s in blackface with “the rolling eyes, the white gloves, the Bojangles grin.” Review | While offensive TV shows get pulled, problematic books are still inspiring debate and conversation 2020-07-02T04:00:00Z It’s mostly that it’s a very old-school star move: the flaunting of talent, professionalism and charisma that we associate with a routine by say, Fred Astaire. Crying! Pole-Dancing! Heroin! The best movie moments of 2019 2019-12-23T05:00:00Z Another highlight: the smooth and skilled tapping of Wayne Doba, who really puts on the Ritz in his homage to Fred Astaire. Take a visit to 1930s Chicago at the new ZinZanni spectacle 2012-08-16T21:01:10Z In “Top Hat,” Astaire and Rogers start dancing in a gazebo during a storm almost by chance. ‘La La Land’ Makes Musicals Matter Again 2016-11-23T05:00:00Z I’ve always known that, even when an older woman blew my young teenage mind by saying she didn’t like Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers movies because she thought they were sexist. 2017 Was a Year of Reckoning in Hollywood. Will 2018 Be the Year of Change? 2017-12-06T05:00:00Z Is it not mind-boggling to consider that Astaire never thought of himself as exceptional? ArtsBeat: A YouTube Affair With Fred Astaire 2012-05-31T16:27:16Z If that sounds like a certain famous singer and tapper of yore, Mr. Bleu acknowledges that his most obvious similarity to Astaire might be in spirit. Corbin Bleu, on Broadway and Dancing in Fred Astaire’s Footsteps 2016-10-12T04:00:00Z She is seated and smiling, looking ancient and wise, a bit like Marcel Duchamp, a bit like Fred Astaire. Georgia O’Keeffe, Stylist and Curator of Her Own Myth 2017-03-02T05:00:00Z Like Astaire, he was both an innovator and a classic, a species of utterly American elegance. Bing Christmas: 'Tis the Season to Be Crosby 2014-12-25T05:00:00Z He was not a face choreographer; his favorite dancer was Fred Astaire; and if you notice, all Fred Astaire movies are full figure, and Balanchine ballets are like that. A Word With: Merrill Brockway: Merrill Brockway?s ?Dance in America? for New Generation 2011-09-16T23:59:09Z When Ms. Bentley mentions that one of the spinning bodies swept across the floor by Astaire was a “supremely fortunate coat rack,” one can’t help spending four minutes with this. ArtsBeat: A YouTube Affair With Fred Astaire 2012-05-31T16:27:16Z At the time, Carrey called his character “Fred Astaire on acid.” My Favorite Summer Blockbuster 2020-07-09T04:00:00Z Ensemble dancing is not going to deliver the next Sutton Foster, let alone the next Fred Astaire. For Broadway Dance, High Kicks and Low Comedy in a Season of Change 2023-05-10T04:00:00Z The second award went to Fred Astaire, the third to Alfred Hitchcock. Martin Segal, Leading New York Cultural Figure, Dies at 96 2012-08-05T23:27:45Z “Even though it was a tribute to Fred Astaire, the lyrics are very Bob,” she said. Ann Reinking on Her Life as Bob Fosse’s Muse, Lover, and Friend 2019-05-28T04:00:00Z He was the man that Fred Astaire apparently looked up to. Film Forum Asks, What Is the Experience of Black Women in Film 2020-01-16T05:00:00Z Separation followed when Mr. Astaire went to New York for several weeks. She Crumbled the Fortress Around His Heart 2019-01-18T05:00:00Z Mr. Jones noted that in Astaire’s best-known sequence in the film, “Let’s Say It With Firecrackers,” Astaire benefited from more than a day of shooting and some effects enhanced in postproduction. Corbin Bleu, on Broadway and Dancing in Fred Astaire’s Footsteps 2016-10-12T04:00:00Z He pored over the dance films of Fred Astaire, Gene Kelly and Bob Fosse, writing in a note to himself, “Study the greats and become greater.” Bad 25: Spike Lee's Thrilling Tribute to the Michael Jackson Album 2012-08-31T18:02:26Z Fred Astaire always insisted that his entire body be in the frame when he danced. | 'The Mechanic': Hit Man Is Back, Teaching the Tricks of the Trade 2011-01-27T21:49:41Z The ghost of Fred Astaire sometimes smiles benignly down, but there is a marvellous energy, too: The Lambeth Walk is a real rumble-tumble pleasure. Me and My Girl ? review 2010-12-21T21:29:00Z Charades, board games and such were the entertainment, and “they would have people there like Fred Astaire just hanging around. And Burt Reynolds. My gosh, there were just so many,” Burnett said. Nearing 100, Betty White’s life is a page-turner in new book 2021-12-03T05:00:00Z This beautifully engineered album, with classic after classic, captures the youthful Astaire, when his voice was at its most sweet and tender. ArtsBeat: Classical Playlist: Beethoven, the Bad Plus, Fred Astaire and More 2014-04-02T16:00:38Z He borrowed a moment here and there from Broadway and Hollywood greats such as Bob Fosse, Jerome Robbins, Fred Astaire and Jack Cole. ‘Hamilton’ choreographer Andy Blankenbuehler delivers a revolution that rocks 2018-07-20T04:00:00Z Fred Astaire merely danced up the walls and across the ceiling. Review: ‘Borderline’ Is Rigged, to Fantastic Effect 2018-10-21T04:00:00Z Astaire is our American Casanova camouflaged in tux and tails or sailor suit as a clean-cut gentleman, sometimes a naïve goof, zooming about in Hollywood musical fluff. ‘The Astaires,’ by Kathleen Riley 2012-06-01T22:36:06Z No performer in dance is more refreshing than Astaire. Astaire The Artist, Even in Blackface 2011-01-30T02:30:03Z “Astaire has that same concentration of genius; there is so much of the dance in him that it has been distilled.” ‘The Astaires,’ by Kathleen Riley 2012-06-01T22:36:06Z In contrast to the dense, improvised articulation of Glover's beats, Astaire creates a more formal sound, as if his feet were carrying the melody as well as his voice. Savion Glover takes on Fred Astaire 2012-06-27T16:02:05Z Astaire is a master of tap and jazz. CIA agent turned comics writer Tom King on making art in the era of Trump's "absurdity" 2019-03-17T04:00:00Z Both dancers and choreographers from the two shows won Fred and Adele Astaire Awards Monday night for their achievement this Broadway season. Dancers from 'Pippin,' 'Motown' get Astaire Awards 2013-06-04T20:52:31Z “He has all those stories about Fred Astaire getting a dance routine as good as he could get it, and then taking out 15 minutes. He knows in his bones now what to leave out.” Tony Bennett at 90: ‘I Just Love What I’m Doing’ 2016-12-14T05:00:00Z Watts is a supremely expressive actress and, like Astaire, a full-body performer. ‘Infinite Storm’ Review: Climb Every Mountain, Ford Every Extreme 2022-03-24T04:00:00Z Adele went so far as to say she wished her brother was gay, so he would never leave her, while Ann Astaire monitored his every move — he was, apparently, still living with her. ‘The Astaires,’ by Kathleen Riley 2012-06-01T22:36:06Z In her fascinating new book, “The Astaires,” the Australian theater historian Kathleen Riley describes the exploits of this brother-sister team in glorious detail. ‘The Astaires,’ by Kathleen Riley 2012-06-01T22:36:06Z AP: When writing the memoir, which includes encounters with celebrities from Fred Astaire to Robert De Niro, did events seem even more remarkable in retrospect? Original ‘SNL’ player’s memoir looks back in fondness, humor 2021-03-16T04:00:00Z All 13 songs that he composed for Astaire movies landed in the pop charts’ Top 15. The All-TIME 100 Songs 2011-10-24T09:00:29Z Logan: We always talked about it like a love story, like Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers. Duos of 'Genius': A. Scott Berg and John Logan, Colin Firth and Jude Law, Maxwell Perkins and Thomas Wolfe 2016-06-03T04:00:00Z It spawned a Broadway play and several movies, including one in which, rather creepily, an aged Fred Astaire fell for a young Leslie Caron. Daddy Long Legs – review 2012-11-07T23:00:00Z Rogers was married five times and Astaire tied the knot twice, but once the actors became inextricably linked, there’s no indication they were ever even moderately tempted to pair up offscreen. Analysis | From Fred and Ginger to Kate and Leo: When movie couples make fans hope for real-life love 2017-11-16T05:00:00Z He produced variety shows in the 1950s and made a splash in 1958 as the director and producer of “An Evening With Fred Astaire.” Bud Yorkin, innovative TV producer and director, dies at 89 2015-08-19T04:00:00Z Fred Astaire appears in blackface during a solo routine called “Bojangles of Harlem,” meant to evoke African American dancer Bill Robinson. 200 years of authenticity (or lack thereof) in casting 2017-07-13T04:00:00Z When she danced – with Gene Kelly in Singin' in the Rain, or Fred Astaire in Silk Stockings, or by herself in Party Girl – she brought an effortless grace to every move. Tony Parsons: My hero Cyd Charisse 2010-05-21T23:06:00Z Afterward, I realized that this must have been what it was like to watch Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers during the Great Depression. ‘La La Land’ Makes Musicals Matter Again 2016-11-23T05:00:00Z Szumowska also shrewdly uses distance to accentuate Pam’s physicality, allowing you to see the character head to toe, just like when Fred Astaire danced. ‘Infinite Storm’ Review: Climb Every Mountain, Ford Every Extreme 2022-03-24T04:00:00Z After another encounter, they at last move as one — s’wonderful, as Astaire crooned. ‘La La Land’ Makes Musicals Matter Again 2016-11-23T05:00:00Z Written a few years earlier by Irving Berlin, and dusted off for the Crosby–Fred Astaire musical Holiday Inn, the song came out on July 30, 1942, to coincide with the film’s Aug. 4 release. Bing Christmas: 'Tis the Season to Be Crosby 2014-12-25T05:00:00Z The show is intercut with lavish, hilarious musical sequences that have so far parodied R&B videos, boy bands, Bollywood to Fred Astaire. “This is a dark, feminist, f*cked-up, romantic comedy”: Rachel Bloom celebrates her first Golden Globe nod for “Crazy Ex-Girlfriend” 2015-12-10T05:00:00Z She adored Tom Mix, Ginger Rogers and Fred Astaire and dreamed of a career somewhere in the orbit of stars. Liz Smith, Longtime Queen of Tabloid Gossip Columns, Dies at 94 2017-11-12T05:00:00Z He embodied a new ideal of the American male dancer that contrasted with Fred Astaire’s debonair elegance. Gene Kelly as Choreographer, in Lincoln Center Series 2012-07-13T16:19:26Z One of its best movements, near the beginning, comes when Astaire “seems to let the sound of a cow bell ripple through his body.” Astaire The Artist, Even in Blackface 2011-01-30T02:30:03Z The exploding head in David Cronenberg’s Scanners, the crawling tumors under William Hurt’s skin in Altered States, the crumbling ghoul confronting Fred Astaire in Ghost Story: all Smith’s. Remembering Dick Smith, the Godfather of Movie Makeup 2014-08-02T04:00:00Z Later, he took his cues from movie stars like Fred Astaire and Cary Grant. The Ensembles of Miles Davis Epitomized Cool 2016-03-11T05:00:00Z Ah, but to live in a world, as in Astaire’s films, where just around every corner lies a gleaming Art Deco ballroom and invisible orchestra — just in case one feels like dancing. ‘The Astaires,’ by Kathleen Riley 2012-06-01T22:36:06Z Astaire and a look from Rick Owens men’s fall 2012 collection. On the Runway Blog: At Men's Fashion Shows, A Mix of Aspiration and Powerful Intrigue 2012-01-20T18:02:42Z In many ways, Fred Astaire’s singing was as great and influential as his incomparable dancing. ArtsBeat: Classical Playlist: Beethoven, the Bad Plus, Fred Astaire and More 2014-04-02T16:00:38Z He reminds me a little of Fred Astaire, and it’s probably no coincidence that Fred Astaire originally introduced a lot of these Gershwin songs.” Arts & Leisure: Matthew Broderick in ?Nice Work if You Can Get It? 2012-04-05T15:10:22Z Of the Astaire books that have followed hers, Mr. Mueller’s stands as the most definitive. Astaire The Artist, Even in Blackface 2011-01-30T02:30:03Z The guests include the royalty of show business, from Fred Astaire to Robin Williams. Johnny Carson Clips Are Coming to iTunes 2013-07-22T19:02:07Z The first awards went to Marian Anderson, Fred Astaire, George Balanchine, Richard Rodgers and Arthur Rubinstein — with Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter sitting next to them in the presidential box. Trump’s absence at Washington’s premier social event is a relief for some. But the prestige of the presidency is missed. 2019-12-05T05:00:00Z When Astaire was given a Life Achievement Award by the American Film Institute, in 1981, he was 81 years old. ‘The Astaires,’ by Kathleen Riley 2012-06-01T22:36:06Z "Most of these songs were introduced by, and written for, Fred Astaire," he said. Lady Gaga, Tony Bennett prep for Grammy Awards, second album 2015-02-06T05:00:00Z She created the name for her fashion house, which also made shoes and apparel, from the 1935 film "Roberta" starring Ginger Rogers and Fred Astaire, and her husband's family name. Venetian handbag designer Giuliana Camerino dies 2010-05-11T16:35:00Z He’s stocky, more Gene Kelly than Fred Astaire, and he leans into his partner as a man walks against heavy wind. Dance Review: Gabriel Missé and Analia Centurión at Dardo Galletto Studios 2012-10-15T20:58:06Z “He’s got a ‘Fred Astaire on joy juice’ karma.” The Cat Comes Back, in the Name of Science 2010-08-28T02:52:00Z Eddie Wu, called “the Chinese Fred Astaire,” is the star male dancer at the Forbidden City. ‘China Dolls’: Lisa See’s novel about friendship in a nightclub in the late 1930s “I was sent away to school at a young age and learned to shut off any emotion,” Mr. Astaire said. She Crumbled the Fortress Around His Heart 2019-01-18T05:00:00Z The Film Society of Lincoln Center hosts a welcome retrospective celebrating the partnership of Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers. 6 Dance Performances to See in N.Y.C. This Weekend 2018-07-12T04:00:00Z In a statement, Mr. Lear recalled starting his partnership with Mr. Yorkin in 1959, the year Mr. Yorkin produced and directed a show with Fred Astaire that won multiple Emmy Awards. Bud Yorkin, Writer and Producer of ‘All in the Family,’ Dies at 89 2015-08-18T04:00:00Z And Williams’ movies attracted some distinguished choreographers. Astaire’s closest dance collaborator, Hermes Pan, designed the routines in Texas Carnival and Jupiter’s Darling. Bathing Beauty: The Wet and Wild Life of Esther Williams 2013-06-13T15:28:43Z A showman from an early age, Mr. Clary learned to dance by watching Fred Astaire’s movies and copying his moves. Robert Clary, Who Took a Tragic Journey to ‘Hogan’s Heroes,’ Dies at 96 2022-11-17T05:00:00Z His rhythmic imagination inspired Fred Astaire, Eleanor Powell and the Nicholas Brothers, and marked jazz musicians, including Duke Ellington. Perspective | In theaters or at home, dance is here to move you 2021-09-08T04:00:00Z As my wife would say, Fred Astaire is the Michael Jordan of dance. Show me the money: La La Land and the loving lap of capitalism 2017-02-24T05:00:00Z I always thought artists like Fred Astaire were very cool. Paul McCartney to cover songs that inspired Beatles 2011-12-20T01:32:31Z Then she hurried to the Fred Astaire Dance Studio for her own waltzing lesson; she is a competitive ballroom dancer as well as a yoga teacher. Oldest Living Yoga Celebrity Tells All 2016-11-26T05:00:00Z She has clearly made a close study of 1930s film musicals and rings diverse variations on styles made famous by Astaire, Hermes Pan and Busby Berkeley. | 'Anything Goes': A Glimpse of Stocking? Shocking! 2011-04-08T02:01:03Z Marx brought along friends from the Vaudeville era like George Burns, Mae West, Fred Astaire to see Cooper, who notes that the stars were often less shocked than the audience. Marx Brothers' enduring appeal 2015-01-12T05:00:00Z Holland said he still needs to read the Astaire script, which just came in a week ago. Tom Holland’s next dance: Playing Fred Astaire 2021-12-05T05:00:00Z Rogers and Astaire first wowed audiences in “Flying Down to Rio” in 1933; their captivating chemistry was so palpable when they danced together, they stole the show from the movie’s leads. Analysis | From Fred and Ginger to Kate and Leo: When movie couples make fans hope for real-life love 2017-11-16T05:00:00Z Mr. Astaire called his son, an art lover, and told him he had met a woman named Pilar Ordovas, who was a “kind, interesting, fascinating and beautiful woman,” he said. She Crumbled the Fortress Around His Heart 2019-01-18T05:00:00Z In the Astaire and Rogers roles, Tom Chambers and Summer Strallen dance competently, but they don't seem terribly interested in each other. ArtsBeat: He's Having a Baby: 'Birthday' in London 2012-06-29T18:30:51Z When I was watching the show, I thought of Astaire, with his magical long legs — well, not so long in reality. On the Runway Blog: At Men's Fashion Shows, A Mix of Aspiration and Powerful Intrigue 2012-01-20T18:02:42Z He was so inspired by its upbeat lyrics and Astaire’s airborne rendition that he built the movie around it, praying he could afford the licensing fee. Whit Stillman and the Song of the Preppy 2012-03-18T05:30:57Z The quieter second movement, it must be said, had a co-star: trumpeter David Gordon's extended solos evoked a beautiful New York evening, Fred Astaire strolling down Park Avenue. Review: Slatkin, Thibaudet take Seattle Symphony audiences on a jazzy jaunt 2011-04-22T17:02:03Z Do you think Fred Astaire decided to abandon subtlety so as to be entertaining? Isherwood and Macaulay Spar Over ?Come Fly Away? 2010-03-31T22:26:00Z He looked like Fred Astaire, and partner Chelsie Hightower was doing her best Ginger Rogers, but it wasn't a smooth routine by any means. 'DWTS': Hines Ward sets pace; Chelsea Kane dazzles 2011-04-19T03:56:00Z Fontaine also lined up with Katharine Hepburn, Fred Astaire and Cary Grant - her co-star in Suspicion. Oscar-winning actress Fontaine dies 2013-12-16T09:01:09Z He discovered, as biographer Edward Jablonski noted, that even Fred Astaire had more say in the orchestration of one of his best scores, "Shall We Dance," than Gershwin did. Bowl concert plays as an elegy to James Horner, and an ode to composers of movie music 2016-08-26T04:00:00Z Here I draw attention to the 21 movies without Ginger Rogers in which Astaire dances, alone or with others: they include several of the most astounding dances ever made. Astaire The Artist, Even in Blackface 2011-01-30T02:30:03Z “You cannot edit. You’re dealing with real sets and real props, lit by real light. Stop-motion is to live-action what Ginger Rogers is to Fred Astaire: We do the same steps, backwards in high heels.” For ‘Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio,’ a Star Built From Tiny Gears and 3-D Printing 2023-01-03T05:00:00Z The centerpiece was a medley of Gershwin songs popularized by Fred Astaire. Music Review: ‘A Gershwin Holiday’ at Feinstein’s 2012-12-04T20:20:07Z And as weeks passed, Ms. Ordovas and Mr. Astaire would meet once more, casually, at her gallery. She Crumbled the Fortress Around His Heart 2019-01-18T05:00:00Z I gushily introduced myself, and asked, “Do you think Fred Astaire would have embraced Zumba?” Zoom In, Zumba Away 2012-01-11T23:45:24Z It originally opened with a black-tie gala screening of Follow the Fleet, starring Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers. Cine-files: Letchworth Broadway Cinema 2011-08-16T13:01:54Z Donen was fortunate enough to work with two of the most accomplished dancers in Hollywood in Kelly and Astaire, and they conjured up breath-taking sequences. Director Stanley Donen, famed for landmark film 'Singin' in the... 2019-02-23T05:00:00Z Over the next few months, they saw each other three or four times a week until Mr. Astaire went to Los Angeles for work. She Crumbled the Fortress Around His Heart 2019-01-18T05:00:00Z When Cunningham and Mr. Atlas deviated from the Astaire rules — and they certainly did — it was always to make revealing points about the choreography and about perception. Critic?s Notebook: Charles Atlas Captures Merce Cunningham?s ?Ocean? on Film 2012-04-09T21:28:39Z Clint Eastwood, his co-star in the latter, once called Mr. Garner “the Fred Astaire of tough guys, making it all look so effortless.” James Garner, disarming leading man of film and television, dies at 86 Her screen debut was with Astaire in the 1950 musical "Three Little Words." Debbie Reynolds, with SAG lifetime award, says she 'ain't down yet' 2015-01-26T05:00:00Z So why did these women look like goddesses with Astaire? ‘The Astaires,’ by Kathleen Riley 2012-06-01T22:36:06Z Aidan, the red-haired girl who most intrigues Jason, had a Hollywood upbringing, thinks Robert Mitchum may have been her father and keeps a pair of Fred Astaire’s dancing shoes in her dorm room. Books of The Times: ?The Starboard Sea,? a Novel by Amber Dermont 2012-02-28T23:57:01Z You watch "Swing Time," you watch "Top Hat," and what Fred Astaire is doing there is showing a mastery of the high art of that era -- the waltz, the foxtrot and the like. CIA agent turned comics writer Tom King on making art in the era of Trump's "absurdity" 2019-03-17T04:00:00Z He uses plenty of close-ups and medium shots, but he also likes to pull back for full-figure framing à la Astaire. ‘John Wick: Chapter 4’ Review: There Will Be Blood, Yeah 2023-03-23T04:00:00Z The Astaire hallmarks, evident in the nine RKO pictures he made with Ginger Rogers in the 1930s, were a supreme musicality and poise. The 10 best dancers 2010-07-31T23:04:00Z He went on to rhapsodize that “the pliant body of Miss Astaire . . . assumes a slanting partial paralysis which slays boredom where it sits.” ‘The Astaires,’ by Kathleen Riley 2012-06-01T22:36:06Z Inspired by Fred Astaire — in particular, a dance from the film “You Were Never Lovelier” — the work makes for a deflating end of a night. Dance Review: New York City Ballet at Lincoln Center 2013-05-05T18:59:07Z Consider classic and wonderful ballroom dancing by Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers. CIA agent turned comics writer Tom King on making art in the era of Trump's "absurdity" 2019-03-17T04:00:00Z Astaire felt a little high class for me. Life after 'Glee': Matthew Morrison on his dream role and his national concert tour 2017-01-04T05:00:00Z So she has seen a lot of Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers and Gene Kelly and Debbie Reynolds. The Stars Have Holiday-Movie Favorites, Too 2022-11-03T04:00:00Z In the 1962 film “The Notorious Landlady,” Fred Astaire plays a boss who offers some strong advice to an up-and-comer played by Jack Lemmon. 'Mad Men' Recap: Don Draper's Back in Style 2015-04-05T04:00:00Z When Sting married Trudie Styler 26 years ago, his close friend, Simon Astaire, served as the best man. She Crumbled the Fortress Around His Heart 2019-01-18T05:00:00Z But video games are uniquely suited among our creative forms to show you what it’s like, almost through direct experience, to dance with Fred Astaire backward and in high heels. Chris Suellentrop on the Year in Video Games 2013-12-14T18:31:05Z Mr. Chazelle was studying film at Harvard when Astaire and Rogers first blew his mind. ‘La La Land’ Makes Musicals Matter Again 2016-11-23T05:00:00Z "Flying Down to Rio," from the 1933 film that first paired Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers, is transformed into a harmonically complex, other worldly exploration. Wayne Shorter Quartet offers daring improvisations 2013-02-13T22:16:05Z But before he steps into Astaire’s shoes, Holland has another Spider-Man movie to unspool on the world: “No Way Home,” which hits theaters on Dec. 17. Tom Holland’s next dance: Playing Fred Astaire 2021-12-05T05:00:00Z For others, the song-and-dance skills of Gosling and, to a lesser extent, Stone, aren’t up to the standards of Kelly, Reynolds or Astaire. “La La Land”: The curiously divisive Oscar front-runner 2017-02-14T05:00:00Z Though he has danced in musicals, Mitchell won't be attempting to channel Astaire. Brian Stokes Mitchell steps off Broadway — for 'Simply Broadway' 2014-10-06T04:00:00Z Mr. Astaire’s ring, a gold band purchased at Cartier in London, was engraved with Ms. Ordovas’s name and their wedding date. She Crumbled the Fortress Around His Heart 2019-01-18T05:00:00Z It was a bit like that famous screen test report that dismissed Fred Astaire with a withering "can't sing ... can dance a little". How New Band of the Day ruined my life 2011-04-07T11:19:34Z Here Astaire is subverting racist caricature to celebrate the black tradition of tap dance. Astaire The Artist, Even in Blackface 2011-01-30T02:30:03Z It’s not just the classics of Fred Astaire and Gene Kelly. Sets Featuring Fonteyn, the Cunningham Company and Others 2014-08-28T04:00:00Z “In the Depression, people wanted to see Fred Astaire movies.” Off-Key, but on Point 0002-11-29T05:00:00Z Somebody said the amazing thing about Ginger Rogers was that she did everything Fred Astaire did but in high heels. How Rekindling a Love for Tennis Turned Into a Raging Fire 2021-12-29T05:00:00Z Producer Amy Pascal recently said she wanted Holland to play Astaire, but Holland had yet to comment on the possibility until now. Tom Holland’s next dance: Playing Fred Astaire 2021-12-05T05:00:00Z The obvious role model for Mr. Tune’s casual, unpretentious vocal style is Fred Astaire, but with a twang. Music Review: Tommy Tune at Feinstein’s at Loews Regency 2012-11-22T21:31:29Z Related Topics: All-TIME 100, Music, , Populist Get this album Irving Berlin, the Russian Jewish émigré who couldn’t write music, dreamed up a song for Fred Astaire, the skinny dancer who looked like Stan Laurel. The All-TIME 100 Songs 2011-10-24T09:00:29Z Then the women of a chorus tug the shoes apart to reveal giant trousered legs — at the end of which sits Astaire. Astaire The Artist, Even in Blackface 2011-01-30T02:30:03Z “A lot of people don’t know about John Bubbles,” she said, referring to Astaire’s teacher, one of “the progenitors” of tap. Ayodele Casel Is on Tap for ‘Funny Girl’ 2022-04-09T04:00:00Z It’s often been said, when explaining the efforts of women in the workforce, that Ginger Rogers did everything Fred Astaire did — and backwards and in high heels. Lena Dunham’s “TMI” power: Opening up about her own body smashes stigmas around women’s health 2016-02-09T05:00:00Z As Mr. Mueller remarks, the dance is also “a visual treat” — with Astaire’s limbs moving in different directions in unpredictable sequences. Astaire The Artist, Even in Blackface 2011-01-30T02:30:03Z Mr. Astaire was in Central Park while on the phone with his brother who needed an answer to an important question concerning their family. She Crumbled the Fortress Around His Heart 2019-01-18T05:00:00Z How can it stand next to films with Gene Kelly, Ginger Rogers, Fred Astaire, whoever? “La La Land” and the Oscars: Why the movie attracts haters 2017-01-26T05:00:00Z Reviews of Glover routinely put him and Astaire at extreme ends of the tap spectrum: dreadlocks v top hat, grunge v tails. Savion Glover takes on Fred Astaire 2012-06-27T16:02:05Z I forgave Fred Astaire his talky rendition of songs like “Cheek to Cheek” because he was the epitome of effortless grace. Love ‘La La Land’? Hate It? So Do We. 2017-02-15T05:00:00Z Alexander Woollcott wrote that Fred Astaire’s feet and Gershwin’s music surely “were written in the same key.” ‘The Astaires,’ by Kathleen Riley 2012-06-01T22:36:06Z The segment showing Michael Jackson’s dance influences — the Nicholas Brothers, Fred Astaire, Bob Fosse — is so poor in terms of skill level that I felt sorry for dance, the art form. ‘MJ’: Dancing the Pain, and Dancing the Pain Away 2022-06-02T04:00:00Z “Paris Loves Lovers” is charming, and “Stereophonic Sound,” which Mr. Astaire performs with Janis Paige, the original lead in the Broadway production of “The Pajama Game,” is effectively brassy. On DVD, an American in Paris (and in the Soviet Union) 2016-08-19T04:00:00Z She went on to sign a contract with MGM and made Three Little Words with Fred Astaire. Q&A: Debbie Reynolds 2010-04-30T23:24:00Z "Fred Astaire was retired when he worked in 'The Pleasure of His Company,'" she recalled. The pleasure of Debbie Reynolds' company 2015-01-25T05:00:00Z The performance was, as Astaire might have said, swell. Bowl concert plays as an elegy to James Horner, and an ode to composers of movie music 2016-08-26T04:00:00Z And there's Fred Astaire leaping off of a marquee and dancing on the frame of her window. Women's empowerment is not "kicking ass in bikinis": Julie Taymor on what real feminism looks like 2020-10-01T04:00:00Z In the 1940s Mr. Martin was to popular song what Fred Astaire was to dance. Tony Martin, Debonair Pop Baritone, Dies at 98 2012-07-30T20:29:58Z Among the perks was attending Richard Nixon's inauguration and going to the premier of "Finian's Rainbow" at the Ziegfeld Theatre, where she briefly met Fred Astaire. Decades of Miss Subways smiled on NYC straphangers 2012-10-12T14:59:08Z Tappers like Fred Astaire, Gene Kelly and Ginger Rogers are icons of America’s economic and military strength of the 1940s and 1950s. It’s got that swing 2015-11-19T05:00:00Z For the pas de deux between the young lovers, Billy and Hope, Ms. Marshall reinvents the supple chemistry of Astaire and Rogers. | 'Anything Goes': A Glimpse of Stocking? Shocking! 2011-04-08T02:01:03Z Mr. Mamoulian uses the wide screen and a generally static camera to frame Mr. Astaire’s agile footwork and Ms. Charisse’s majestic leg extensions. On DVD, an American in Paris (and in the Soviet Union) 2016-08-19T04:00:00Z Her escort on the runway was a three-legged terrier mix named Astaire, who needs a home. Celebs to the rescue when rescue donations falter 2010-07-19T20:42:00Z Along with "The Wizard of Oz" and "Singin' in the Rain," it also includes screen icons like Gene Kelly, Fred Astaire and Judy Garland, none of whom ever won a major Oscar. 'La La Land' has Hollywood singing a different tune on musicals 2017-02-20T05:00:00Z Dec. 16 on AMC: Bing Crosby and Fred Astaire star in the movie that introduced the song "White Christmas." Get set for 'Rudolph' and more holiday-TV fare 2011-11-28T07:33:22Z One of the earliest photographs in the show is a double portrait of Fred Astaire and his sister, Adele, taken in 1929. Art Review: Cecil Beaton?s Work at Museum of City of New York - Review 2011-11-10T23:02:14Z The new medium had its ultimate showman, for Michael Jackson was not just the Al Jolson and Fred Astaire of music videos but his own beautiful, bad self. The All-TIME 100 Songs 2011-10-24T09:00:29Z YouTube is well stocked with canonical tap: Bill Robinson’s immaculate stair dance, the Nicholas Brothers’ staircase number in the film “Stormy Weather,” not to mention lots of Fred Astaire. A Hoofer for the Ages 2014-08-22T04:00:00Z I was also intrigued by Rick Owens’s comment that he was inspired by Fred Astaire to make small-waist trousers with a bit of fullness in the hips and slim legs. On the Runway Blog: At Men's Fashion Shows, A Mix of Aspiration and Powerful Intrigue 2012-01-20T18:02:42Z As if that weren’t challenge enough, it’s also the dance in which Astaire chooses extreme spatial constriction — and makes himself a percussionist, too. Astaire The Artist, Even in Blackface 2011-01-30T02:30:03Z McRae grew up watching Fred Astaire and Gene Kelly movies, and at the age of 14 appeared in the opening ceremony of the 2000 Australian Olympic Games, dancing a fragment from Tap Dog. Steven McRae – the ballet star who's a modern-day Fred Astaire 2013-03-15T12:26:25Z He is up late at night while his mother sleeps, watching a classic movie on television, “Shall We Dance,” starring Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers. “Joker” Is a Viewing Experience of Rare, Numbing Emptiness 2019-10-03T04:00:00Z Ten years later, Dirt Devil mashed up a clip of fleet-footed Fred Astaire to give him the appearance of dancing on the ceiling with a hand-held vacuum. Martin Luther King Jr., ultimate pitchman 2010-09-30T15:10:00Z In the day, people seemed to be either Fred Astaire fanciers — he was suave and smooth — or fans of Gene Kelly, more physical and rambunctious. Life after 'Glee': Matthew Morrison on his dream role and his national concert tour 2017-01-04T05:00:00Z “She had the same problem as Fred Astaire,” Mr. Giddins said in a telephone interview. Channeling a Bombshell, One Jazzy Note at a Time 2011-08-06T20:43:02Z Writing of Astaire and Rogers, she stresses the drama of how their films show them as Americans taking on Europeans one way or another. Review: In Megan Pugh’s ‘America Dancing,’ a Focus on Where the Moves Came From 2015-12-30T05:00:00Z Just as Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers fitted together on screen, so these actors, who have appeared together twice before, in Crazy, Stupid, Love and Gangster Squad, are gaining team status. Is hit Hollywood film La La Land about to become a stage show? 2017-01-14T05:00:00Z I told her, “I’m trying to get some of the Astaire buoyancy and lightness into my Zumba work.” Zoom In, Zumba Away 2012-01-11T23:45:24Z The following day Mr. Astaire met Sting for lunch and told him all about Ms. Ordovas. She Crumbled the Fortress Around His Heart 2019-01-18T05:00:00Z There’s this thing with Fred Astaire, and he’s dancing, and he sees a mirror and he shies away from it, moves away from it, because he doesn’t want to be self-conscious. Third Eye Blind’s second act: Stephan Jenkins still living that semi-charmed rock life 2016-10-28T04:00:00Z The new musical, "Top Hat," based on the film starring Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers, received the second most nominations, put forward in seven categories. "Dog in the Night-time" earns eight nods in British stage awards 2013-03-26T12:58:41Z You’ll find Astaire Avenue and Garland Drive in a new suburb built on land that was once the MGM studio lot, for example, but renaming existing roads can be trickier. Silent witness: the Hollywood alley with the five-star reviews 2020-03-03T05:00:00Z “We are crying in pain for the victims and their families. It breaks our hearts on a level that we didn’t think possible,” Astaire read on the Today show Thursday. Elliot Rodger's Parents Break Silence on Shooting 2014-05-29T04:00:00Z He was also the polar opposite to the movies’ other great dancer, Fred Astaire. Singin' in the Rain Is Back: What a Glorious Feeling! 2012-07-12T20:14:04Z Over the years, in various locations, that sanctuary has seen a Who’s Who of dancers, including Merce Cunningham, Paul Taylor and, on one occasion, Fred Astaire. Closing Up, but Not Sitting Down 2010-12-11T17:18:00Z Fred Astaire was just this fantastic character from that era, he's so elegant. Paul McCartney blows "Kiss" to Hollywood 2012-01-19T21:43:10Z It’s a scene redolent of Busby Berkeley and Fred Astaire, and when was the last time an American movie made you think of them? Critic’s Notebook: New York Asian Film Festival Offers Sturdy Hollywood Themes 2013-06-28T22:13:41Z It’s both, in a way, but like an Astaire and Rogers number it’s simply flirty. ‘Mission: Impossible — Fallout’ and the Bliss of the Hyper-Human Tom Cruise 2018-07-25T04:00:00Z Amid all that, the white suit stands out as a beacon of calm, a nod to the heritage of Fred Astaire, and a representation of the wide-ranging layers and references of Mr. Jackson’s sartorial vocabulary. Michael Jackson’s ‘Thriller’ Suit is Back 2018-08-29T04:00:00Z In the Cole Porter number “Night and Day,” Astaire pursues her about the dance floor with the wit of changing rhythms, sometimes syncopated, sometimes right on the beat, sometimes pausing to breathe the moment. ‘The Astaires,’ by Kathleen Riley 2012-06-01T22:36:06Z The number turns ecstatic when Mr. Astaire, then in his late 50s, joins with his own version of a cha-cha. On DVD, an American in Paris (and in the Soviet Union) 2016-08-19T04:00:00Z In contrast, Sid, the man from management she loses her heart to, is played by the lithe Michael Xavier as a twinkle-toed Fred Astaire type. London Theater Journal: A 'Carousel' That Really Moves 2014-07-15T04:00:00Z Or Mia Farrow, betrayed by her hero in The Purple Rose of Cairo, expressing despair, helplessness, self-pity, but finally joy, as she watches Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers dancing. Anne Bilson 2010-08-26T21:00:00Z The bright-eyed, operatic-voiced star of Hollywood’s golden age musicals who sang with Howard Keel in “Seven Brides for Seven Brothers” and danced with Fred Astaire in “Royal Wedding.” Final goodbye: Recalling influential people who died in 2021 2021-12-02T05:00:00Z Sure, Astaire’s dancing went way beyond tap — like so many virtuosos, white or black, he resisted categorization — but what he’s doing in “Bojangles” and many other solos sure as hell ain’t ballroom. Astaire The Artist, Even in Blackface 2011-01-30T02:30:03Z Dancers raced and tumbled, Fred Astaire in “Royal Wedding”-style, over the booming city as it grew. The Olympics Opening Ceremony in Rio: Let the Games Begin 2016-08-06T04:00:00Z The Seattle Public Library will host screenings of four classic Hollywood films this month, starting with the 1935 Fred Astaire/Ginger Rogers romantic comedy “Top Hat” on Saturday, March 8. ‘Top Hat’ and other classics dance onto screens 2014-03-06T20:30:24Z The Jack Russell terrier joined a long list of celebrities, including Johnny Depp, Marilyn Monroe and Fred Astaire, with hand and foot prints in the courtyard of the famed Hollywood tourist spot. Uggie leaves paw prints at famed Grauman's theatre 2012-06-25T22:00:06Z But when he looks inward, to his lovelorn heart, he becomes a supremely eloquent dancer, a fusion of Astaire’s elegance and Kelly’s bounce. ‘On the Town' Revival Opens on Broadway 2014-10-16T04:00:00Z After a bomb called “Smiles,” the Astaires starred in the musical revue “The Band Wagon” in 1931. ‘The Astaires,’ by Kathleen Riley 2012-06-01T22:36:06Z The sequence could almost be from a Fred Astaire or Gene Kelly movie, and if Mr. Flatley doesn’t approach their imagination and artistry, his charisma is comparable, especially to Kelly’s, selling his dance with self-love. Review: Michael Flatley’s New Show Has Unicorns, Rainbows and Some Footwork, Too 2015-11-11T05:00:00Z Something sweet, for Valentine's Day For all those thinking about romance today, here's a cinematic chocolate drop, courtesy of Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers in the 1934 movie "The Gay Divorcee." Something sweet, for Valentine's Day 2011-02-14T19:51:16Z Riley quotes a passage from the manuscript for Astaire’s autobiography, “Steps in Time,” in which he describes himself as “a small boy who went through the motions conscientiously, afraid he would forget his lines.” ‘The Astaires,’ by Kathleen Riley 2012-06-01T22:36:06Z But Astaire was more than a dancer: he was the embodiment of an era; defined, like the man himself, in elegant black and white. The 10 best dancers 2010-07-31T23:04:00Z Meanwhile, at RKO, Astaire and Ginger Rogers were putting their own indelible mark on the film musical, in a series of romances as sharp and sassy as their stylised black-and-white design. Can Ryan Gosling and Emma Stone’s La La Land help us handle the Trump era? 2016-12-09T05:00:00Z There is, however, a certain dreamy, floating quality to Mia and Seb — Stone and Gosling — that is more reminiscent of Astaire movies than, say, the deranged earnestness of Garland and Rooney. Show me the money: La La Land and the loving lap of capitalism 2017-02-24T05:00:00Z He reports that Fred Astaire and his wife were excluded for the same reason. Los Angeles Through the Centuries, Glimpsed by Kerouac, de Beauvoir, Waugh and Others 2018-11-26T05:00:00Z But it was visiting Haiti that freed his inner Fred Astaire. Arcade Fire: Dressing up and falling over 2014-06-03T04:00:00Z Now 40, Smith burnishes her place in the literary firmament with her fifth novel, for which Astaire serves as uneasy avatar. Zadie Smith's 'Swing Time' is a tour-de-force 2016-11-10T05:00:00Z “Oh, I am playing Fred Astaire,” Holland said at an event in London. Tom Holland’s next dance: Playing Fred Astaire 2021-12-05T05:00:00Z "His older brother would be renting `The Transformers,' and David would be asking for Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers," says Colleen Hallberg. From South Dakota to the Bolshoi, a dancer's leap 2011-11-03T11:26:09Z Sutton Foster of "Anything Goes," won her second Astaire Award for best female dancer on Broadway. Stroman wins Astaire Award for 'Scottsboro Boys' 2011-05-16T19:59:08Z Modeled after the dance numbers in Fred Astaire movies, “Dance in America” became known for showing dancers’ bodies mostly in full. Merrill Brockway, Producer of TV’s ‘Dance in America,’ Dies at 90 2013-05-09T22:40:03Z Sell, a self-taught guitarist with the local band that made it big with songs like “Fred Astaire” and “Dumb Pop Song,” was found dead on Chicago’s West Side Tuesday. Guitarist for Lucky Boys Confusion found dead on West Side 2012-05-17T09:00:00Z Mr. Astaire, 57, would have had to agree, until he met Pilar Ordovas. She Crumbled the Fortress Around His Heart 2019-01-18T05:00:00Z Wenders mostly goes the Astaire route, in the long shots needed to capture Bausch’s mass of dancers, sometimes a few dozen, in their group movements or idiosyncratic variations. Wenders' Pina: Dance Crazy 2011-12-29T09:58:22Z Reynolds, known for her wholesome looks, starred alongside Gene Kelly, Frank Sinatra and Fred Astaire in cheery song-and-dance musicals of the 1950s and 1960s. Debbie Reynolds, with SAG lifetime award, says she 'ain't down yet' 2015-01-26T05:00:00Z It was once said of Ginger Rogers that she did everything Fred Astaire did, only backward and in high heels. In Praise of Doris Burke, Basketball’s Best TV Analyst 2019-06-13T04:00:00Z In Smith’s prologue, a young woman googles a favorite scene from that movie that shows Astaire performing a tribute called “Bojangles of Harlem.” Review | While offensive TV shows get pulled, problematic books are still inspiring debate and conversation 2020-07-02T04:00:00Z Two special guests, Don Correia and Sandy Duncan, recreated “A Couple of Swells,” the vaudevillian turn of Astaire and Judy Garland from the 1948 musical “Easter Parade.” Review: ‘All Dancing! All Singing! Irving Berlin in Hollywood,’ a Lighter-Than-Air Revue 2015-05-05T04:00:00Z They certainly show that Robin Williams was the King of Inspirational, in the same way you might call Fred Astaire or Gene Kelly the King of Song and Dance. From Groundhog Day to … Raging Bull? – films to inspire and uplift 2017-01-01T05:00:00Z His mantra that day and the next was “It’s got to be head to toe,” a refrain that would have pleased Astaire, who liked to show the body fully in frame. ‘La La Land’ Makes Musicals Matter Again 2016-11-23T05:00:00Z But the masculine grace that Kelly prized above all else resides in modern dance too, specifically in the work of the choreographer Paul Taylor, who preferred Kelly to Astaire. Gene Kelly as Choreographer, in Lincoln Center Series 2012-07-13T16:19:26Z Even after their deaths, his point still holds true, not least in matters of line, and the 20th century’s other greatest creators of line include Astaire and Graham. Critic?s Notebook: Line in Dance? Let?s Go Back to the Drawing Board 2011-01-31T23:58:51Z Surveying all 31 of Astaire’s dance films, with a rich supply of photographs, it is a model of scrutiny and research. Astaire The Artist, Even in Blackface 2011-01-30T02:30:03Z Some of the biggest names in its history, including Charlie Chaplin, Fred Astaire, Stan Laurel and Cary Grant, made the transatlantic journey in search of better work. US rallies to stop British actors taking Hollywood movies by storm 2015-07-04T04:00:00Z ‘Mr. Astaire would like to meet you,’ the waiter said. Rita Moreno: The timeless woman in Hollywood who can’t, and won’t, stop 2015-12-02T05:00:00Z Unlike James Cagney or Fred Astaire or Michael Jackson, he lacks the natural talent and grace of those performers. How deep is our love for "Saturday Night Fever," which changed how John Travolta and disco were seen 2022-12-18T05:00:00Z There’s Fred Astaire outdancing his shadows just as she remembers from when she first watched the number as a child. ‘Swing Time’: Zadie Smith’s sweeping novel about friendship, race and class 2016-11-09T05:00:00Z They said their goodbyes upon exiting the plane, as Ms. Ordovas had a carry-on bag and Mr. Astaire checked his luggage. She Crumbled the Fortress Around His Heart 2019-01-18T05:00:00Z Ginger Rogers was celebrated for doing everything Fred Astaire did, only backward and in heels. My Story: If the Shoe Fits, Don’t Wear It Unless It’s Comfortable 2012-09-26T15:47:45Z Although he has a son, Milo, 25, with the model Saffron Aldridge, the pair never married, and Mr. Astaire had almost resigned himself to being single. She Crumbled the Fortress Around His Heart 2019-01-18T05:00:00Z “The Iron Curtain dissolved by music,” exults the film’s protagonist, an American movie producer in Paris played by Fred Astaire. On DVD, an American in Paris (and in the Soviet Union) 2016-08-19T04:00:00Z That’s excellent, but it’s regrettable that Astaire and other white tappers are sometimes omitted from pantheons of tap dancers, as happened in the 1995 tap-history show “Bring In ’da Noise, Bring In ’da Funk.” Astaire The Artist, Even in Blackface 2011-01-30T02:30:03Z From an early age Joyce and I were taken to the pictures, – it was always Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers or Shirley Temple. Lionel Blair 2013-02-15T13:00:01Z There may even be a homage to Fred Astaire. Savion Glover takes on Fred Astaire 2012-06-27T16:02:05Z Let’s remember that Fred Astaire movies were big at the height of the Depression. Show me the money: La La Land and the loving lap of capitalism 2017-02-24T05:00:00Z “To you, Mr. Fred Astaire, I tip my top hat.” Corbin Bleu, on Broadway and Dancing in Fred Astaire’s Footsteps 2016-10-12T04:00:00Z Recently, I was dismayed when an editor said she didn’t think of Astaire as a tap dancer. Astaire The Artist, Even in Blackface 2011-01-30T02:30:03Z “You’re in Kentucky, and there are ideas of what men do,” he said, “but my father was like, ‘Well, O.K., be Fred Astaire.’” Get to Know the Colors on Paul Taylor’s Palette 2018-03-08T05:00:00Z He and Kym Johnson were channeling Fred Astaire and Gingers Rogers on a delightful routine. 'Dancing With the Stars': Hines Ward scores again 2011-05-24T03:23:26Z His is not a specific imitation of Robinson: Astaire’s torso moves a great deal, whereas Robinson’s deportment was far more upright. Astaire The Artist, Even in Blackface 2011-01-30T02:30:03Z Kelly isn't the only ghost hovering over the show; songs associated with Fred Astaire have been interpolated into the score of "An American in Paris" on Broadway. Ballet stars talk Tony-nominated 'An American in Paris' and Broadway leap 2015-06-05T04:00:00Z Tourists zigzag through this area on their way to Sacré-Coeur and the precipitous streets of stairs that Fred Astaire dashed up in the 1957 movie musical “Funny Face.” Solo in Paris 2014-05-02T18:00:32Z Over the next eight years the Astaires consolidated their position as theatre superstars, reproducing on Broadway the magic of their London debut. The Astaires: Fred & Adele by Kathleen Riley – review 2012-07-04T07:00:03Z And hey, who doesn't want to watch a little Fred Astaire on a Tuesday morning? Dancing on the ceiling 2010-07-13T17:48:00Z On the counterrhythms of Astaire’s “Bojangles,” she comments, “The man who has been called the Mozart of dancers here turns Stravinskian.” Astaire The Artist, Even in Blackface 2011-01-30T02:30:03Z Taken from the “Yam” dance in Astaire and Rogers’s “Carefree,” the move fits perfectly with the music. Dance Review: Prince?s Fate, Entwined With Desire 2010-10-17T22:25:00Z The London critics pronounced themselves not so much charmed by the Astaires' performance as winded by it. The Astaires: Fred & Adele by Kathleen Riley – review 2012-07-04T07:00:03Z “Fred Astaire is on the TV and then I see the move. He does this move and I’m like, ’That’s where Michael got that move from! How songwriting saint Johnta Austin rewrote his career 2021-06-24T04:00:00Z She rolls her eyes the way Fred Astaire dances—it comes so naturally to her that it’s a thing of joy. Review: Tina Fey and Amy Poehler Are Closer Than Siblings in Sisters 2015-12-18T05:00:00Z After the film was completed, she presented Astaire with a most unusual gift. The pleasure of Debbie Reynolds' company 2015-01-25T05:00:00Z It’s that sense of something miraculous: watching Astaire now as he danced on some day in the 1930s. Zadie Smith on Dance: ‘It Brings Such Intense Joy’ 2016-11-11T05:00:00Z It’s been said of Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers that he gave her class while she gave him sex. Lauren Bacall’s Debut in ‘To Have and Have Not’ 2014-08-13T04:00:00Z But lest Astaire’s propensity to endlessly rehearse be pathologized in Freud’s armchair, it is well to remember that Fred preferred to dance on that armchair, while most of us just sit. ‘The Astaires,’ by Kathleen Riley 2012-06-01T22:36:06Z A relationship that usually gets squashed into the first three or four chapters of a standard Fred Astaire biography is now given a whole book. The Astaires: Fred & Adele by Kathleen Riley – review 2012-07-04T07:00:03Z Mr. Astaire realized he no longer wanted to be alone; he no longer wanted to be without Ms. Ordovas. She Crumbled the Fortress Around His Heart 2019-01-18T05:00:00Z Greta Gerwig and Adam Brody had climbed into the pool and splashed through a tap routine on a submerged platform as a recording of Fred Astaire singing “Things Are Looking Up” boomed over speakers. Whit Stillman and the Song of the Preppy 2012-03-18T05:30:57Z Fred Astaire insisted that the camera show him and Ginger Rogers in full shot, from head to toe. Wenders' Pina: Dance Crazy 2011-12-29T09:58:22Z With Astaire as its star, this song-and-dance movie has lots of both. Review: Musical Triplets: 'The Band Wagon' Times Three 2014-11-16T05:00:00Z Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers made their finest musical, the wickedly funny Top Hat. From The Wizard of Oz to Top Hat – why the 1930s is my favourite film decade 2018-04-02T04:00:00Z It was there she met Astaire as well as Hemingway. Patience Abbe, 87, Child Chronicler of Travels, Is Dead 2012-03-31T17:55:57Z Along the way, she worked with some of Hollywood's top leading men, including Gene Kelley, Fred Astaire and Gregory Peck. SAG Awards 2015: Debbie Reynolds accepts career honor, 'ain't down yet' 2015-01-25T05:00:00Z His first solo foray, in “Gay Divorce,” with Claire Luce, was inconclusive, with one critic contending, “two Astaires are better than one.” ‘The Astaires,’ by Kathleen Riley 2012-06-01T22:36:06Z It is laced with references to ballet as well as to Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers, the British royal family and the notion of acceptance. Dance Review: Prince?s Fate, Entwined With Desire 2010-10-17T22:25:00Z For another, after the chorus dances in alternating black and white costumes as if to make a point about race, Astaire builds rhythmic complexity to peak upon peak of glory in the last three minutes. Astaire The Artist, Even in Blackface 2011-01-30T02:30:03Z But at their most graceful, they make you think of how Fred Astaire might have performed if he’d joined a hip-hop crew. Spare Times: For Children, for Nov. 25-Dec. 1 2011-11-24T20:05:50Z A trained dancer, he treated the station’s stairs like Fred Astaire would, gliding from one side of the step to the other. | Vincent Kartheiser: A Mad Man Among the People 2010-10-01T21:12:00Z It could be said of them, as it was true of Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers, that "he gave her class, and she gave him sex." Elizabeth Taylor Dies at 79: Actress Defined Modern Fame 2011-04-14T08:35:00Z The line on Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers was that he gave her class and she gave him sex. Film stars captivate and capture Tonys 2010-06-14T15:02:00Z They were in their 30s, they danced with Fred Astaire, these two black brothers. How John Turturro got his moves, from "Do the Right Thing" to "Gloria Bell" 2019-03-15T04:00:00Z Honestly, for a critic of a certain age, it became difficult not to scan the crowd scenes in search of Red Buttons or Mr. Fred Astaire. Fox's new miniseries 'Wayward Pines' is good, creepy fun 2015-05-14T04:00:00Z Happily, Astaire shows up again in “Top Hat,” dancing cheek to cheek with Ginger Rogers. In Transit Blog: In Paris, Showcasing Films About Dance 2014-05-01T18:47:37Z So which one of us is Ginger Rogers and which is Fred Astaire? ArtsBeat: Talking ‘Mad Men’: A Knee-Jerk Reaction 2013-06-10T14:29:15Z She thinks he’s married, which he doesn’t know, misunderstanding being a routine Astaire and Rogers stratagem, but she’s as drawn to him as he is to her. Escape With Me Into the Trippy World of 1930s Musicals 2020-04-22T04:00:00Z But David O. Selznick was so charmed by Astaire, despite “his enormous ears and bad chin line,” that he signed him anyway. ‘The Astaires,’ by Kathleen Riley 2012-06-01T22:36:06Z As you may recall, it starred Crosby alongside Fred Astaire and Virginia Dale as a nightclub act that breaks apart when Crosby’s character, Jim Hardy, decides to retire to a farm in Connecticut. Review: ‘Holiday Inn’: It’s Beginning to Look a Lot Like a Recycled Movie 2016-10-06T04:00:00Z Fred Astaire was 30 years older than Audrey Hepburn in "Funny Face." Laura Dern, Sam Neill and a "Jurassic" age difference that seems troubling now 2022-05-23T04:00:00Z This is the transporting cloud of loveliness on which Astaire and Rogers’s enduring reputation floats. From Travolta’s twist to strobe-lit raves: 10 of the best dancefloor scenes in cinema 2018-04-09T04:00:00Z Years ago, she was at Chasen’s, the fabled Hollywood haunt, when she spotted her “West Side Story” co-star Natalie Wood, who was dining with none other than Fred Astaire. Rita Moreno: The timeless woman in Hollywood who can’t, and won’t, stop 2015-12-02T05:00:00Z Whether playing Gershwin for "Astaire Dances II" or Glinka for Balanchine, the music soared. A bubbly mix of Balanchine, Astaire from American Contemporary Ballet 2015-06-22T04:00:00Z “It’s entirely taken from the sequence at the end of that film,” he said, “the suit, the dance, you see what an influence Fred Astaire was on one of our biggest heroes growing up.” Lin-Manuel Miranda on ‘Mary Poppins Returns’ and Movie Musicals 2018-11-02T04:00:00Z “The concept I had in my mind was people partnering in movement, like Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers, where there’s a give-and-take related to what you’re going to do.” If nature is vanishing, what else is there to think about? 2023-11-07T05:00:00Z Byrne: In Fred Astaire movies, the dance sequences are almost all without any cuts. A once-in-a-lifetime reunion: Talking Heads on 'Stop Making Sense,' the Big Suit and their future 2023-09-20T04:00:00Z He preferred to describe his team as the Ginger Rogers to the Globetrotters' Fred Astaire, and in 1952, the Washington Generals began their decades-long dance with their Harlem foes. One win, 17,000 defeats - life as a Washington General 2023-08-22T04:00:00Z Cary Grant, Fred Astaire and Clark Gable wore it, and James Cagney turned it into de rigueur gangster wear. Zoot suit: How the bold look made history and continues to influence fashion 2023-06-13T04:00:00Z The actress unsuccessfully sued to block the 1986 film "Ginger and Fred" from director Federico Fellini that referred to her famed dance partnership with actor Fred Astaire. US Supreme Court rules for Jack Daniel's in fight over parody dog toy 2023-06-08T04:00:00Z Film choreographers like Fred Astaire and Bob Fosse are household names with recognizable work. Choreographers' work in film and TV often goes uncredited. A new guild aims to change that 2023-04-05T04:00:00Z Like Fred Astaire dancing on the ceiling, Fosbury’s flopping struck many onlookers as residing somewhere between a physical feat and a joke. Dick Fosbury, 76, Whose ‘Flop’ Transformed the High Jump, Is Dead 2023-03-13T04:00:00Z American Contemporary Ballet’s ‘Astaire Dances’ The L.A-based company returns with a new edition of this stylish and sophisticated offering that celebrates the legendary hoofer’s classic dance routines. 14 fun, romantic and artsy ways to celebrate Valentine's Day this week and next 2023-02-06T05:00:00Z With certain films, you’re not at all surprised to see the characters break into a joyous dance at the end: Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers movies. How ‘White Noise’ pulled off the year’s strangest, most surprising dance number 2022-12-30T05:00:00Z His love of dancing permeated through all aspects of his life as he aspired to emulate greats like Gene Kelly and Fred Astaire. Stephen ‘tWitch’ Boss, ‘Ellen’ show’s dancing DJ, dies at 40 2022-12-14T05:00:00Z He had grown up devouring the movies of Fred Astaire, Gene Kelly, Bill “Bojangles” Robinson and the Nicholas Brothers, his son said. Perspective | Remembering the handiwork of the man who taught a city to dance 2022-11-01T04:00:00Z Due to its shape, the building is also known as Ginger and Fred after famed dancers Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers. Architect Vlado Milunić dies at 81; linked to Prague icon 2022-09-17T04:00:00Z So the keen-eyed might recognize clips from a Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers movie, or Michael Powell’s Technicolor classic “The Red Shoes.” Review | Prismatic ‘Moonage Daydream’ captures David Bowie’s many personae 2022-09-12T04:00:00Z Yet Bubbles’s legacy surely would be different if he’d had the film career of, say, Fred Astaire or Bill Robinson. Review | Michael Jackson and Bob Fosse owe their moves to a man called Bubbles 2022-05-22T04:00:00Z A playlist of her top 10, released to mark her 90th birthday in 2016, includes Dame Vera Lynn's White Cliffs of Dover and Fred Astaire's Cheek to Cheek alongside hymns and songs from musical theatre. Platinum Party at the Palace: The Royals were the real stars of the Jubilee concert 2022-06-04T04:00:00Z And like Ginger Rogers — applauded for dancing as well as her partner Fred Astaire, but “backward and in high heels” — Elizabeth rode in these spectacles sidesaddle. All the queen’s horses: From her first pony to Macron’s jubilee gift 2022-06-03T04:00:00Z "I would also study how my favourite singers such as Robbie Williams, Fred Astaire and Michael Buble would sing, and even their mannerisms," he says. I learned to sing using YouTube - and now it's my job 2022-05-18T04:00:00Z ‘Easter Parade’ In her Easter bonnet, with all the frills upon it, Judy Garland is the finest lady in this classic 1948 MGM musical co-starring Fred Astaire and featuring the music of Irving Berlin. Classic movies in SoCal: ‘The Servant,’ ‘Sleeping Beauty,’ ‘Harold & Kumar’ and more 2022-04-14T04:00:00Z Certainly, many vaudevillians made a successful leap to film — Astaire, Ginger Rogers, George Burns, to name a few — and there were Black artists among them. Review | Michael Jackson and Bob Fosse owe their moves to a man called Bubbles 2022-05-22T04:00:00Z “By being, like Ginger Rogers said, ‘I did everything Fred Astaire did, but backward, in heels.’” Opinion | Protecting Black women shouldn’t be a choice between violence and silence 2022-03-28T04:00:00Z By being, like Ginger Rogers said, ‘I did everything Fred Astaire did, but backwards, in heels.’ Opinion | Cory Booker cut through the GOP’s ugliness to celebrate Judge Jackson 2022-03-24T04:00:00Z Here, he’s the Fred Astaire swirling partners with commanding footwork, firm hands and sinewy arms. On Mexico’s Pacific coast, Zihuatanejo is a city set to music 2022-03-17T04:00:00Z Fred Astaire and Judy Garland co-starred, for the only time in their careers, in this film, billed on its original poster as “the happiest musical ever made.” Our movie critic picks 9 spring films to stream 2022-03-15T04:00:00Z In an episode during their courtship, Luis dons a tuxedo to dance with an elegantly dressed Maria in the manner of Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers to a song about the Spanish greeting “Hola.” Emilio Delgado, beloved handyman Luis on ‘Sesame Street,’ dies at 81 2022-03-11T05:00:00Z While acting was never a large focus of his career, he appeared in several notable films including “High School Confidential” and the thrice Oscar-nominated “Daddy Long Legs” featuring Fred Astaire. The secret to reaching 100? For Ray Anthony, his trusty trumpet and a fondness for bombshells 2022-01-25T05:00:00Z Stars like Fred Astaire and Gene Kelly were familiar faces in her home. Liza Minnelli recalls how Judy Garland helped her cope with stage fright: 'She would calm me down' 2022-01-17T05:00:00Z Alan Bergman wanted to propose but didn’t have any money, so he wrote a song called “That Face” and managed to get his girlfriend’s favorite singer — Fred Astaire — to record it. Marilyn Bergman, Oscar-winning lyricist of ‘The Way We Were,’ ‘The Windmills of Your Mind,’ dies at 93 2022-01-08T05:00:00Z In her lifetime, Miller worked alongside both Gene Kelly and Fred Astaire in a series of films and commanded the stage with 500 taps a minute. Classic Hollywood star Ann Miller had 'no regrets,' remained hopeful during cancer battle, pal says 2022-01-07T05:00:00Z But there was more Rocky Marciano than Fred Astaire in his political methods. Harry M. Reid, pugnacious Senate majority leader, dies at 82 2021-12-28T05:00:00Z ‘Holiday Inn’ You’ll be dreaming of a “White Christmas” with this 1942 musical starring Bing Crosby and Fred Astaire and featuring the songs of Irving Berlin. Classic movies in SoCal: ‘Pride & Prejudice,’ ‘Die Hard,’ ‘A Christmas Story’ and more 2021-12-16T05:00:00Z Astaire was 88 when he died in 1987 at a Century City hospital. Tom Holland will play Fred Astaire in an upcoming biopic about the dancing legend 2021-12-06T05:00:00Z Famed as one of the greatest dancers of all time, Astaire had a seven-decade career in film and on stage in Broadway and the West End. Actor Tom Holland says he will play Fred Astaire in new biopic 2021-12-06T05:00:00Z Malone: She said the biggest highlight was to dance with the great Fred Astaire on "Easter Parade." Classic Hollywood star Ann Miller had 'no regrets,' remained hopeful during cancer battle, pal says 2022-01-07T05:00:00Z Santa Claus Is Comin’ to Town A mailman with the voice of Fred Astaire explains Santa’s origins in this animated 1970 special. What's on TV Friday: 'Great Performances: Coppelia' on PBS; animated holiday specials 2021-11-26T05:00:00Z “La La Land” was an ebullient riff on Fred Astaire, Ginger Rogers and Jacques Demy; “Annette” has darker, more dissonant inspirations, “A Star Is Born” and Stephen Sondheim being just two of them. The highs and lows of the new movie musical boom 2021-11-13T05:00:00Z Fred Astaire, whose style, elegance and graceful approach to movement made him the most acclaimed dancer in motion picture history, died early today at Century City Hospital. Tom Holland will play Fred Astaire in an upcoming biopic about the dancing legend 2021-12-06T05:00:00Z "I am playing Fred Astaire. The script came in a week ago. I haven't read it yet. They haven't given it to me," Holland said. Actor Tom Holland says he will play Fred Astaire in new biopic 2021-12-06T05:00:00Z "From an early age Joyce and I were taken to the pictures - it was always Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers or Shirley Temple," Blair once recounted, explaining where his inspiration had come from. Give Us A Clue to Extras: The life of Lionel Blair 2021-11-04T04:00:00Z Actors who have been called “box office poison” at some point in their career include Fred Astaire, Jimmy Cagney, Katharine Hepburn, Nicolas Cage and Ben Affleck. In Season 2, 'Ted Lasso' joined a grand tradition: Art worth fighting over 2021-10-12T04:00:00Z So famous at the time that he handed out the best picture award at the 1951 Oscars, Bunche was introduced by Fred Astaire as “the man who achieved the miracle of peace in Palestine.” Op-Ed: Did the vandals who scrawled an anti-Israel slogan in UCLA's Bunche Hall know the history? 2021-10-12T04:00:00Z Getting back to the Astaire movie, which has no estimated release date: Alas, there’s no word yet on who might play Ginger Rogers. Tom Holland will play Fred Astaire in an upcoming biopic about the dancing legend 2021-12-06T05:00:00Z The film was based in part on Astaire’s years onstage with his real-life sister, Adele, who left their act to marry an English nobleman. Jane Powell, sunny ‘girl next door’ in Hollywood musicals, dies at 92 2021-09-16T04:00:00Z The story was similar to that of Astaire and his own sister, Adele. Jane Powell, 'Seven Brides for Seven Brothers' and 'Royal Wedding' star, dead at 92 2021-09-16T04:00:00Z He once toured with Fred Astaire and Frank Sinatra, and has produced a record with Sarah Vaughan. If you take all the world's emotions and put them into one sound, it's Sérgio Mendes 2021-08-13T04:00:00Z She amassed a trove of movie memorabilia, including an autographed pair of Fred Astaire’s dancing shoes and Mary Pickford’s dining table. Jane Withers, impish child star of Depression-era Hollywood, dies at 95 2021-08-08T04:00:00Z “Oh, I am playing Fred Astaire,” the 25-year-old told the Associated Press at an event Sunday in London. Tom Holland will play Fred Astaire in an upcoming biopic about the dancing legend 2021-12-06T05:00:00Z At MGM, the two have compiled a heady mix of A-list directors and compelling material they hope hearkens back to the days when Fred Astaire and Judy Garland roamed the once-hallowed studio’s hallways. They Resurrected MGM. Amazon Bought the Studio. Now What? 2021-07-06T04:00:00Z Fox News: Between Fred Astaire and Gene Kelly, who was the most challenging to work with and why? ‘Seven Brides for Seven Brothers’ star Ruta Lee says mother's prayer may have led to iconic role: 'A blessing' 2021-06-20T04:00:00Z She has worked with numerous stars over the years, including Frank Sinatra, Burt Reynolds, Clint Eastwood, Johnny Carson and Fred Astaire – just to name a few. ‘Jeopardy!’ host Alex Trebek ‘could have been a standup comic,’ Ruta Lee says: ‘His delivery was remarkable’ 2021-06-12T04:00:00Z A later song sees two characters magically dancing on the side of a building — an ode to Fred Astaire’s ceiling routine in the 1951 movie “Royal Wedding.” With ‘In the Heights,’ Jon M. Chu disrupts the movie musical 2021-06-03T04:00:00Z D’Amboise embodied the ideal of an all-American style that combined the nonchalant elegance of Fred Astaire with the classicism of the danseur noble. This week’s passages 2021-05-07T04:00:00Z The first, dating back to the 1980s, focuses on Hollywood idol Fred Astaire’s dancing. Review | An incomplete thesis on the cancellation of war 2021-03-31T04:00:00Z The Academy Award-winning actress, who danced her way into the hearts of Americans across the country during the Great Depression – and proudly went toe-to-toe with Fred Astaire – died April 25, 1995, at age 83. Ginger Rogers remained devoted to Christian Science in her later years, pal says: 'It gave her peace' 2021-03-21T04:00:00Z AP: When writing the memoir, which includes encounters with celebrities from Fred Astaire to Robert De Niro, did events seem even more remarkable in retrospect? Original ‘SNL’ player’s memoir looks back in fondness, humor 2021-03-16T04:00:00Z But what really gets me ready for sleep is listening and watching videos of Sutton Foster or Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers. How a Kabbalistic Tarot Card Reader Spends His Sundays 2021-01-29T05:00:00Z “He had spectacular technique; he could do multiple styles; he danced with intense passion; and he was a great storyteller, a Fred Astaire or Gene Kelly of street,” she added in a phone interview. Adolfo ‘Shabba-Doo’ Quiñones, street-dance star of ‘Breakin’’ movies, dies at 65 2021-01-15T05:00:00Z Central Park was about as far up the country as Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers usually got. Pop culture isn't biased toward 'coastal elites.' If anything, it's the reverse 2020-12-30T05:00:00Z Olden spoke to Fox News about what Rogers’ life was really like in her later years, fun facts about the screen legend that would surprise fans today and whether she remained pals with Astaire. Ginger Rogers remained devoted to Christian Science in her later years, pal says: 'It gave her peace' 2021-03-21T04:00:00Z If Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers were making movies today, these are the masks they’d be dancing in. Make the most of wearing a mask 2020-12-17T05:00:00Z Fred Astaire was 56 in Funny Face; she was 26. 'My mother was like a steel fist in a velvet glove': the real Audrey Hepburn 2020-11-19T05:00:00Z In the 1960 movie version, Fred Astaire, a disaffected, alcoholic scientist who worked on the bomb, is asked who caused World War III, the radiation of which is emptying the Earth of humanity. Philip Glass and 'Einstein on the Beach': How one opera changed everything 2020-11-18T05:00:00Z She admired Dunham, in particular, who was one of Hollywood’s first Black choreographers, and was captivated by Astaire’s use of props, like a hatrack or an umbrella. An Artist’s Continuing Exploration of the Human Form 2020-11-09T05:00:00Z The couple spends time laughing together, dancing to Fred Astaire, watching old comedies and going to the beach when it’s not crowded. Sex Pistols' Johnny Rotten says Trump ‘is the only sensible choice’ in 2020 election 2020-10-12T04:00:00Z But I’ve always loved the way the clothes fit on 1930s and 1940s movie stars like Fred Astaire, Gary Cooper and Cary Grant. When You Have Enough, It’s Time to Help Others 2020-10-08T04:00:00Z The downtown branch of Fred Astaire Dance Studios has organized group classes — free, with a tip for the instructor — at Rockefeller Park in Manhattan’s Battery Park City. The Hottest Commodity in Pandemic New York? Fresh Air 2020-08-21T04:00:00Z The film features the first screen pairing of Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers. Movies on TV this week: 'Dances with Wolves' on Encore 2020-08-14T04:00:00Z The next year, Ms. Jeanmaire was again upset when her husband was asked to choreograph a Hollywood musical, “Daddy Long Legs,” starring Fred Astaire. Zizi Jeanmaire, alluring ballerina and chanteuse, dies at 96 2020-07-17T04:00:00Z In the 1950s, Bayley began working with commercial choreographer Robert Alton — known for his discovery of Gene Kelly and his collaborations with Fred Astaire — and later became his assistant. What a beloved ballet teacher gets for her 100th birthday: A drive-by party, of course 2020-05-24T04:00:00Z His dance studio, Fred Astaire Dance Studio Richmond in Chesterfield County, would close after one final day of ballroom dance classes due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Virtual dance classes bring instructors, students together 2020-05-17T04:00:00Z Twiggy was certainly well-connected – there are great stories in her autobiography about meeting Fred Astaire, and running away from Phil Spector’s house. Twiggy: 'I don't think high fashion will ever move completely away from slimness' 2020-05-12T04:00:00Z You go to see Michael Jordan play basketball for the same reason you went to see Astaire dance, Olivier act or the sun set over Canada. All the NBA world was a stage for Michael Jordan 2020-04-20T04:00:00Z Instead of selecting his new wife, Petit persuaded Astaire and the studio to pick the French actress and dancer Leslie Caron — then at the peak of her fame — for the role opposite Astaire. Zizi Jeanmaire, alluring ballerina and chanteuse, dies at 96 2020-07-17T04:00:00Z After watching a performance, President Reagan wrote in his diary that Ron reminded him of Fred Astaire. How Ron Reagan, son of a true believer, became an atheist unafraid of 'burning in hell' 2020-04-13T04:00:00Z As a result, out of 180 Fred Astaire Dance Studios worldwide, Richmond is teaching the most private dance lessons during the pandemic, up to 50% more than any other franchise. Virtual dance classes bring instructors, students together 2020-05-17T04:00:00Z Astaire Dances III American Contemporary Ballet presents re-creations of classic dance routines by movie legend Fred Astaire, plus a new work by artistic director Lincoln Jones. Dance in L.A. this week: Forever Flamenco, L.A. Dance Project and more 2020-02-16T05:00:00Z The witty, silver-haired Richards, was also known for her turns of phrase, reminding delegates of the 1988 Democratic National Convention that Ginger Rogers did everything Fred Astaire did, “only backwards and in high heels.” Oilman, former Texas governor candidate Williams dies at 88 2020-02-15T05:00:00Z Astaire Dances III American Contemporary Ballet presents re-creations of classic dance routines by Fred Astaire, plus a new work by artistic director Lincoln Jones. Dance in L.A. this week: Les Ballets Jazz de Montréal salutes Leonard Cohen and more 2020-02-09T05:00:00Z Ballet superstar Mikhail Baryshnikov praised Fred Astaire’s “perfection,” and celebrated choreographer George Balanchine called him “the greatest dancer in the world.” How do you dance like Fred Astaire? One ballet pro's complicated quest for the answer 2020-02-08T05:00:00Z Astaire Dances III American Contemporary Ballet presents recreations of classic dance routines by the movie legend, set to songs by Cole Porter, George Gershwin and Johnny Mercer. Dance in L.A. this week: Ballet West's 'Giselle' and more 2020-01-31T05:00:00Z We watched Turner Classic Movies together — we both loved old Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers dance numbers. Becoming a Man 2020-01-21T05:00:00Z Astaire Dances III American Contemporary Ballet recreates classic dance routines by the movie legend, set to songs by Cole Porter, George Gershwin and Johnny Mercer. Dance in L.A. this week: Ballet Folclórico Nacional de México and more 2020-01-24T05:00:00Z Before that, Porter is Astaire and elegance; after that, he swings and can become anything more. The Pleasure and Pain of Being Cole Porter 2020-01-13T05:00:00Z Yet it’s the task Jones assigned Joshua Brown, the lead dancer in ACB’s “Astaire Dances III.” How do you dance like Fred Astaire? One ballet pro's complicated quest for the answer 2020-02-08T05:00:00Z Fred Astaire and Gene Kelly bridge sequences featuring about 100 stars from about 75 movies, mostly musicals. Movies on TV this week: 'Young Frankenstein' and more 2019-12-27T05:00:00Z Santa Claus Is Comin’ to Town A lanky mailman with the voice of Fred Astaire explains Santa’s origins in this animated 1970 special. What's on TV Tuesday: 'A Christmas Story Live' on Fox 2019-12-23T05:00:00Z “They are not only harming his career, they’re harming the Fred Astaire studio,” she said. Ballroom dancers say immigration clampdown hurting business 2019-12-02T05:00:00Z Bannen also recalls watching Fred Astaire movies with her dancer mother and singing Frank Sinatra with her grandparents. Country singer Kelleigh Bannen says her debut album was nearly 10 years in the making 2019-11-15T05:00:00Z In the third iteration of the show, the company performs step-by-step re-creations of Astaire’s choreography set to live music. How do you dance like Fred Astaire? One ballet pro's complicated quest for the answer 2020-02-08T05:00:00Z "When you think of all the Hollywood greats like Fred Astaire and Cary Grant, there is a beautiful relationship between Savile Row and America, so this tariff really hits us hard." Savile Row tailors caught up as US tariffs come in 2019-10-17T04:00:00Z When you look at something like Fred Astaire’s house in Bel-Air, it’s fabulous. As it celebrates 100 Years, Architectural Digest looks to its L.A. roots 2019-10-05T04:00:00Z That afternoon at that film, I also lived through a post-nuclear-holocaust world’s end in Australia with no less than Gregory Peck, Ava Gardner, and Fred Astaire for company. 2084: Orwell revisited in the age of Trump 2019-08-26T04:00:00Z A friend of her parents, the dancer-actor Fred Astaire, tried to help her get discovered in Hollywood when she was 19 but her trip was ill timed. Why an Heiress Spent Her Fortune Trying to Keep Immigrants Out 2019-08-14T04:00:00Z Although Astaire’s style — the nimble and quick footwork and weightless slides — is not technical, re-creating his dancing for the stage requires a high level of musicality and nuance, Jones said. How do you dance like Fred Astaire? One ballet pro's complicated quest for the answer 2020-02-08T05:00:00Z Sometimes called the “Chinese Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers,” even though Ms. Toy was of Japanese ancestry, Toy and Wing became headliners at the country’s top vaudeville theaters, including the Paramount in New York. Dorothy Toy, dazzling dancer known as the ‘Asian Ginger Rogers,’ dies at 102 2019-07-27T04:00:00Z He worked with such stars as Jack Benny, Dinah Shore and Tennessee Ernie Ford, and directed Fred Astaire in a stunning special that won nine Emmys. Norman Lear's latest Emmy nomination writes his partner out of history — again 2019-07-26T04:00:00Z My dad’s an actor and he was really into old movies, so when I was young, we would watch all the Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers musicals together on a Sunday. ‘I don’t see jeans in my future’: the people who wear complete historical dress – every day 2019-07-04T04:00:00Z I guess the other thing that enchanted me was the fact that Fred Astaire befriended me. Ruta Lee recalls working alongside Frank Sinatra, Alex Trebek: ‘I loved every single second of it’ 2019-06-13T04:00:00Z For each number, Brown dissected the steps in videos, analyzing Astaire’s exact body placement. How do you dance like Fred Astaire? One ballet pro's complicated quest for the answer 2020-02-08T05:00:00Z Ms. Toy and Wing appeared in elaborate formal costumes, with routines that seemed to combine the elegance of Astaire and Rogers with the athletic flair of the Nicholas brothers. Dorothy Toy, dazzling dancer known as the ‘Asian Ginger Rogers,’ dies at 102 2019-07-27T04:00:00Z The only person not subject to these restrictions was Fred Astaire, who somehow danced in tails. Donald Trump’s Royal Treatment 2019-06-04T04:00:00Z It’s what we are used to, if we were raised on Kelly and Astaire, and what we feel entitled to, in our greed for grace. “The White Crow” and the Difficulty with Dance Movies 2019-04-26T04:00:00Z I worked with Fred Astaire, who danced to Brazilian music. will.i.am and Sérgio Mendes on how they made Mas Que Nada 2019-04-22T04:00:00Z Despite four hip replacements, she also does ballroom dancing at the Fred Astaire Dance Studio. 100-year-old yoga instructor keeps moving, dancing 2019-04-15T04:00:00Z “The first time I saw George working, he walked around the table like he was Fred Astaire,” said former national team coach Dave Sarachan. For chiropractor George Billauer, the soccer stars have aligned 2019-04-13T04:00:00Z His feet tap dance on the organ pedals with a fleetness that puts Fred Astaire to shame. Patricia Kopatchinskaja and Cameron Carpenter are resurrecting classical music 2019-04-09T04:00:00Z Hozier’s lyrics include everyone from Orpheus to Fred Astaire and plenty of bird imagery. Review: Singer-songwriter Hozier stuns with sophomore album 2019-03-04T05:00:00Z Fred Astaire suavely defying the laws of gravity in “Royal Wedding” is one. Stanley Donen brought wit, style, heartache and joy to the movies 2019-02-24T05:00:00Z The cylinder would turn as Astaire danced, leaving the impression of a man defying the laws of gravity. Stanley Donen, director who filmed Gene Kelly singing in the rain, dies at 94 2019-02-23T05:00:00Z A major turning point in his life came at age 9 when he saw “Flying Down to Rio,” a 1933 musical featuring Astaire and Rogers in their first on-screen pairing. Stanley Donen, co-director of ‘Singin’ in the Rain,’ dies at 94 2019-02-23T05:00:00Z Donen, who often teamed with Gene Kelly but also worked with Cary Grant, Frank Sinatra and Fred Astaire, died Thursday in New York from heart failure, his sons Joshua and Mark Donen confirmed Saturday. Stanley Donen, director of ‘Singin’ in the Rain,’ dies at 94 2019-02-23T05:00:00Z As recently as 1936, one of America’s most revered and beloved entertainment icons, Fred Astaire, appeared in blackface in the celebrated movie, “Swing Time,” with his equally beloved partner, Ginger Rogers. Editorials from around New York 2019-02-20T05:00:00Z Astaire Dances 2: Fred & Ginger American Contemporary Ballet re-creates five of movie legend Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers’ classic dance routines; program also includes the suite from Balanchine’s "Who Cares?" SoCal dance listings, Feb. 17-24: Heidi Duckler Dance’s ‘Ebb & Flow’ festival and more 2019-02-15T05:00:00Z To add to the illusion, background “draperies” were made of wood, and Astaire’s jacket was sewn into a chair that was anchored to the floor. Stanley Donen, director who filmed Gene Kelly singing in the rain, dies at 94 2019-02-23T05:00:00Z As the orchestra launched into Irving Berlin's “Cheek to Cheek” from the Astaire and Ginger Rogers musical classic “Top Hat,” Donen held his golden Oscar to his beaming face, and sang, “Heaven, I'm in heaven.” Stanley Donen, co-director of ‘Singin’ in the Rain,’ dies at 94 2019-02-23T05:00:00Z Born in Columbia, South Carolina, Donen would remember movies - especially those with Astaire and Ginger Rogers- as a needed escape from the tensions of being one of the few Jews in his community. Stanley Donen, director of ‘Singin’ in the Rain,’ dies at 94 2019-02-23T05:00:00Z It has become a viral sensation because Choi, a South Korean native and a regular of the Japan Tour, is a cross between Chi Chi Rodriguez and Fred Astaire. Choi Ho-sung and His Bizarre Swing Arrive on the PGA Tour 2019-02-08T05:00:00Z Major stars like Fred Astaire, Bing Crosby and Judy Garland made film appearances in blackface. Ralph Northam-Mark Herring blackface scandal shines spotlight on Hollywood 2019-02-06T05:00:00Z Location shooting at the Louvre in Paris also proved effective in “Funny Face,” starring Astaire as a worldly photographer and Audrey Hepburn as a young mouse he transforms into a Givenchy-clad fashion goddess. Stanley Donen, director who filmed Gene Kelly singing in the rain, dies at 94 2019-02-23T05:00:00Z Astaire Dances 2: Fred & Ginger American Contemporary Ballet re-creates five of Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers’ classic dance routines; program also includes the suite from Balanchine’s “Who Cares?” SoCal dance listings, Feb. 3-10: Kevin Williamson + Company at the Dance at the Odyssey Festival and more 2019-02-01T05:00:00Z Also, American Contemporary Ballet salutes Astaire and Rogers, the art expo Photo L.A. sets up shop in Barker Hangar, and dozens of museums are offering free admission Saturday, Sunday or both. Weekend Picks: Jérôme Bel hosts a ‘Gala,’ the Wooster Group plays ‘The B-Side’ and more 2019-01-31T05:00:00Z Astaire Dances 2: Fred & Ginger American Contemporary Ballet re-creates four classic dance routines from the films of Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers; program also includes the suite from Balanchine’s “Who Cares?” SoCal dance listings, Jan. 27-Feb. 3: American Contemporary Ballet’s ‘Astaire Dances 2’ and more 2019-01-25T05:00:00Z Fred Astaire, Clark Gable and Cary Grant were among the leading men who were outfitted at Carroll & Co., he said. Carroll & Co. helped define old Hollywood’s style. Now it’s closing. 2018-12-26T05:00:00Z To escape anti-Semitic taunting at school, he took refuge in Astaire and Ginger Rogers musicals that offered a “fantasy world where everything seemed to be happy, comfortable, easy and supported.” Stanley Donen, director who filmed Gene Kelly singing in the rain, dies at 94 2019-02-23T05:00:00Z “Holiday Inn,” which also starred Fred Astaire and Marjorie Reynolds, tells the tale of a inn that is only open on holidays. Bing Crosby was 'in the dumps' while recording 'White Christmas,' biographer says 2018-12-25T05:00:00Z American Contemporary Ballet re-creates five classic routines by legendary film duo Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers for the new series “Astaire Dances 2: Fred & Ginger.” Weekend Picks: Jérôme Bel hosts a ‘Gala,’ the Wooster Group plays ‘The B-Side’ and more 2019-01-31T05:00:00Z She loved Fred Astaire, devoured autobiographies, regularly visited the Museum of Modern Art, ate herring and watched “Jeopardy” every night. A closet of her own: Deeply personal exhibit at the Skirball examines one woman's quest for freedom 2018-12-07T05:00:00Z He wasn’t exactly Fred Astaire on the dance floor. Text of George W Bush’s eulogy for George HW Bush 2018-12-05T05:00:00Z Mr. Donen made his solo directing debut with “Royal Wedding,” a film best remembered for Astaire’s tap dance around a hotel room, from floor to wall to ceiling and back again. Stanley Donen, director who filmed Gene Kelly singing in the rain, dies at 94 2019-02-23T05:00:00Z That he was a dancer by training and predilection — Fred Astaire and Gene Kelly were his idols — makes sense: One can feel the discipline that makes his slapstick a joy. Appreciation: Ken Berry and the delightful lightness of being 2018-12-02T05:00:00Z Fred Astaire and Bing Crosby star in this 1942 classic as entertainers who compete in romance but team to help their old military commander. TV holiday joy means ‘Wonderful Life,’ Reba, romance, Santa 2018-11-30T05:00:00Z His act: Gliding up, down and around a large black pole with the improbable grace of Fred Astaire. Art Outings: 2 Seattle Times writers experience — and sometimes endure — the dinner and antics of Teatro ZinZanni’s ‘Hollywood & Vine’ 2018-11-16T05:00:00Z What Astaire and Rogers communicate through dance deepens the story. The 31 best dance scenes in movies 2018-11-08T05:00:00Z Her big-hearted outlook is infectious – after our conversation I skip back to my desk like Fred Astaire. Molly Nilsson: the synthpop star embracing hope and loneliness 2018-11-05T05:00:00Z Everyone is looking at this and thinking, “Fred Astaire, the 20th-century all-round entertainer!” All the president's men: what to make of Trump's bizarre new painting | Hannah Jane Parkinson 2018-10-15T04:00:00Z One controversial commercial used footage of the late legendary dancer Fred Astaire to market a Dirt Devil vacuum cleaner. Roy Orbison hologram concert in L.A. invites awe and debate - Los Angeles Times 2018-10-06T04:00:00Z Dancer Ginger Rogers famously did everything her partner Fred Astaire did, but backwards and in high heels. It's Meghan v Harry in netball shootout 2018-09-24T04:00:00Z Because we’ll think of Astaire and Rogers forever as a unit, falling in love on the dance floor, and this dance expresses something profound about their bond. The 31 best dance scenes in movies 2018-11-08T05:00:00Z Upgrades included a “Fred Astaire dance floor” in the great room. A cave home for millionaires 2018-09-14T04:00:00Z She had the cast of five on roller skates or strumming banjos and otherwise gliding across the stage as though they were Fred Astaire or Ginger Rogers. Review: Cabaret with ukuleles: Kander and Ebb classics keep spinning as 'The World Goes 'Round' 2018-09-07T04:00:00Z Carlos, 73, a native of Harlem who said he danced outside the Savoy Ballroom with boyhood friends and was rewarded with silver dollars from Fred Astaire, speaks from hard-earned experience. Kaepernick’s Knee and Olympic Fists Are Linked by History 2018-09-06T04:00:00Z But then conversation turned to Fred Astaire, and the personality of Paul Taylor came through loud and clear. Paul Taylor dies: Choreographer, 88, gave modern dance a spirited new voice 2018-08-30T04:00:00Z Cole Porter, Fred Astaire and Eleanor Powell: the holy trinity of tap. The 31 best dance scenes in movies 2018-11-08T05:00:00Z The Robinsons were famous for lavish celebrity parties, Selwyn said, hosting Hollywood royalty such as screen legends Mary Pickford, Charlie Chaplin and Fred Astaire. It's the most exclusive, lavish — and pricey! — garden tour of them all 2018-05-11T04:00:00Z Backstage after Erdem’s most recent London fashion week show, he explained that his inspiration this season was Adele Astaire, Fred Astaire’s sister, who married into the British aristocracy. Lifting the veil: who will design Meghan Markle’s wedding dress? 2018-04-25T04:00:00Z Judy Garland and Fred Astaire made the procession well known in the movie “Easter Parade.” National Digest: Judge dismisses lawsuit related to Pulse shooting 2018-04-01T04:00:00Z Judy Garland and Fred Astaire made the procession well-known in the movie, “Easter Parade.” Easter Parade brings out fun and fanciful hats, costumes 2018-04-01T04:00:00Z Astaire and Powell chase, tease and one-up each other, ending in a synchronized storm of turns that sends them spiraling around each other like crazy spinning nickels in a tilted universe. The 31 best dance scenes in movies 2018-11-08T05:00:00Z No one danced on screen with quite the elegance and grace of the legendary Fred Astaire, so it's good news that the Laemmle chain is presenting a classic double-bill of two of his fluid works. A Fred Astaire two-step with 'The Band Wagon' and 'Easter Parade' 2018-03-28T04:00:00Z "Well, Kanye West obviously," he said, adding the dancer Fred Astaire to the list, saying "you should see my dance moves". Kanye West is Elon Musk's inspiration 2018-03-12T04:00:00Z He also included a dream dance sequence that would have made Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers proud. How 'Shape of Water' took home the Oscar for best picture with its timely love story 2018-03-05T05:00:00Z Sung blissfully by Astaire, “Cheek to Cheek” is accompanied by perhaps the most famous pairs dance in movie history. Analysis | The Oscar for best original song is a garbage category 2018-03-02T05:00:00Z Cyd Charisse was tall for Fred Astaire, so she’s wearing flats here, the perfect footwear for a waltz of seduction that begins with these two extraordinary movers simply strolling through Central Park. The 31 best dance scenes in movies 2018-11-08T05:00:00Z Daddy Long Legs A plucky orphan attends college, thanks to a mysterious benefactor, in this musical adaptation of the novel that inspired the 1955 Fred Astaire film; for ages 10 and up. The week ahead in L.A. theater, Feb. 18-25: 'The School for Wives,' 'A Streetcar Named Desire' and more 2018-02-18T05:00:00Z Astaire Dances American Contemporary Ballet re-creates four of movie legend Fred Astaire's classic dance routines. The week ahead in L.A. dance, Feb. 4-11: Step Afrika!, Okwui Okpokwasili and more 2018-02-04T05:00:00Z American Contemporary Ballet steps up with ‘Astaire Dances’ Weekend Picks for Feb. 1-4: 'Astaire Dances,' Culture Clash and more 2018-02-01T05:00:00Z Its writer-director-composer, Joseph Brooks, accepted the award from none other than Astaire. Analysis | The Oscar for best original song is a garbage category 2018-03-02T05:00:00Z They hoofed their way from the Cotton Club to Hollywood, where their fans included Astaire, Gene Kelly and other dance greats who marveled at their skill, daring and sheer brilliance. The 31 best dance scenes in movies 2018-11-08T05:00:00Z Astaire Dances American Contemporary Ballet re-creates four of movie legend Fred Astaire's classic routines. The week ahead in L.A. dance, Jan. 28-Feb. 4: American Contemporary Ballet, Keigwin + Company and more 2018-01-28T05:00:00Z An Invitation to Dance The museum kicks off its four Friday evenings of 20th century classic dance movies with the 1935 Ginger Rogers-Fred Astaire charmer Top Hat, featuring the timeless "Cheek to Cheek" number. The Moviegoer, Jan. 28-Feb. 3 2018-01-26T05:00:00Z Fred Astaire, for the uninitiated, was a legendary dancer who once noted that “the hardest job kids face today is learning good manners without seeing any.” Rickie Fowler is No. 1 in the world ranking...of 'Ten Best-Mannered People,' according to National League of Junior Cotillions - Golf Digest 2018-01-02T05:00:00Z As best we can tell, the category was invented as an excuse to honor Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers movies. Analysis | The Oscar for best original song is a garbage category 2018-03-02T05:00:00Z Through a precise mirroring of movements, Rogers shows Astaire the kind of intimate soul mate he’ll lose if he doesn’t ’fess up about his feelings. The 31 best dance scenes in movies 2018-11-08T05:00:00Z Mr Astaire said that with nearly 3,000 restaurants in Westminster, the council needed policies "to keep up with new technologies". London council cracks down on Deliveroo 2017-12-12T05:00:00Z “Holiday Inn”: Bing Crosby and Fred Astaire teamed up for the 1942 movie of this backstage musical comedy about romance and show biz over the holidays. Five holiday shows that pique our interest 2017-11-24T05:00:00Z A Broadway adaptation of the classic 1942 holiday-movie favorite, starring Bing Crosby and Fred Astaire, with contemporary touches in dance numbers, comedy and a hit parade of Irving Berlin songs, including “White Christmas,” 9 p.m. Friday’s TV Picks: Broadway does its take on a holiday classic in ‘Irving Berlin’s Holiday Inn’ 2017-11-24T05:00:00Z Great Performances "White Christmas" and other classic tunes are featured in "Irving Berlin's Holiday Inn — the Broadway Musical," a stage adaptation of the hit 1942 film that starred Bing Crosby and Fred Astaire. Friday's TV highlights: 'Dr. Seuss' How the Grinch Stole Christmas!' and more – LA Times 2017-11-23T05:00:00Z Astaire and Charisse sail through the complex geometry, each move flowing into the next, as though it were all just a walk in the park. The 31 best dance scenes in movies 2018-11-08T05:00:00Z As far back as Bing Crosby and Fred Astaire, Christmas and big band music have gone together like stockings and goodies. Music for every mood this holiday 2017-11-23T05:00:00Z Originally recorded by Fred Astaire, it finds the singer spilling his guts to a barman - "Set 'em up Joe, I got a little story" - after his relationship collapses. Bradley Walsh proved his careers officer wrong 2017-11-14T05:00:00Z “Tap dancing has been something I’ve wanted to learn since I was 16 or 17 years old, when I first saw Ginger Rogers and Fred Astaire,” she said. 104-year-old Elkhart woman takes up tap dancing 2017-10-11T04:00:00Z Mitchell said Vogel brings to mind what former Texas governor Ann Richards once said about Ginger Rogers: She did everything Fred Astaire did, just backwards and in high heels. Jill Vogel embraces the Trump agenda in her Virginia race 2017-10-09T04:00:00Z This goes back to a discipline I would say begin with Buster Keaton, and goes to Fred Astaire and then Jackie Chan. How Brawl in Cell Block 99’s director ‘made it happen on the set’ 2017-10-07T04:00:00Z |
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