Entertainment & Arts
Robyn Astaire is certain that her late husband would back her restrictions and financial demands regarding the use of his likeness. Others say, ‘Dirt Devil?’
Aug. 17, 1997
Movies
Marvel’s ‘Spider-Man’ will soon don that top hat: The actor confirms he’ll step into Fred Astaire’s dancing shoes, with help from producer Amy Pascal.
Dec. 6, 2021
Fred Astaire, who died at age 88 on Monday, generally received great reviews for his dancing films of the 1930s and 1940s.
June 28, 1987
In 1980, Fred Astaire, who had been a widower since 1954 and who had just turned 81, married Robyn Smith, who was 35 and one of the first and most successful woman jockeys in the country.
June 9, 1988
The voice was thin but confident. At the top of its narrow range it verged on the falsetto.
March 7, 1991
Music
Say Fred Astaire and, of course, you think dancing. But there was more to Mr.
March 3, 1991
Television
When Fred Astaire died, it was interesting that CBS News, which rarely pays much attention to show business, trotted out its biggest guns, Dan Rather and Charles Kuralt, for an hour tribute to the great dancer, one of the nicest guys who ever entered this flea-bitten racket.
July 12, 1987
The 1930s films of Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers should be considered national treasures.
Aug. 12, 2005
Some of the most moving segments of “That’s Entertainment!
April 24, 1994
Hermes Pan, the Oscar- and Emmy-winning Hollywood choreographer for Ginger Rogers and Fred Astaire--who once told Pan he was the only person who could dance the way Astaire did--has died.
Sept. 21, 1990