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Mickey Baker dies at 87; rhythm and blues, rock guitarist
Mickey Baker, an exceptional 1950s session guitarist who played on hundreds of recordings, helping to transform rhythm and blues into rock 'n' roll, died Tuesday at his home near Toulouse, France, according to French media reports. He was 87. A cause of...
Tags: Rolling Stone, Entertainment, France, Music Industry, Pitbull (music artist)
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Classic Hollywood: Joel Grey looks back — and forward — at his career
There was a time in 1965 when Joel Grey thought he would throw in the towel on show business. He wanted to be Laurence Olivier but instead he was doing a dreadful musical in Jones Beach, Long Island, called " Mardi Gras" with the June Taylor Dancers.
"It...Tags: Sports, Jennifer Grey, Theater, Entertainment, Long Island
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New 'Dancing With The Stars' cast: 'Dirty Dancing' with Mrs. Brady, The Situation and Rick Fox's hair
Show TrackerWe know, we know, most of the "Dancing With The Stars" cast has been already leaked, but now that we can discuss it officially, let's assess it in its totality. How did ABC manage to nab The Situation, The Hoff,...... -
Brand X Files: 'Dancing with the Stars' winner. 'Ugly Betty' actor kills mother? Celeb splits.
Brand X'Dancing with the Stars' gets a winner: Bristol Palin will have to retreat and reload -- "Dirty Dancing" star Jennifer Grey took home top honors on the reality competition. [Showtracker] Emmy Rossum and Adam Duritz, Noah Baumbach and Jennifer Jason... -
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Steven Reuther, producer's credits included 'Pretty Woman'
Steven Reuther, 58, a producer and executive whose credits include "Pretty Woman," "Dirty Dancing" and "The Ugly Truth," died Saturdayof cancer at his home in Santa Monica, his family said.
He...Tags: Entertainment, Los Angeles Police Department, The Ugly Truth (movie), Hospitals and Clinics, Justice System
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Patrick Swayze: the image of dignity, decency and defiance
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterThough it was not his first film or even his breakthrough -- he'd already had that three years earlier with "Dirty Dancing" -- my favorite memory of Patrick Swayze came in 1990 with the romantic thriller "Ghost" with Demi Moore: He played a man whose love...Tags: Matt Dillon, Social Issues, Diseases and Illnesses, Patrick Swayze, Rob Lowe
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Patrick Swayze dies at 57; star of the blockbuster films 'Dirty Dancing' and 'Ghost'
Patrick Swayze, the actor and classically trained dancer whose role in the enduringly popular "Dirty Dancing" made him a movie star, one who struggled with the alienation of fame and against being typecast as a leading man, died Monday. He was 57....Tags: Sports, Jennifer Grey, John Travolta, Whoopi Goldberg, Entertainment
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Movie musicals are whistling a happy tune
"You Can't Stop the Beat." That's the title of the song that brings down the curtain on the musical "Hairspray." Five years into its Broadway run, Scott Wittman and Marc Shaiman's lyrics have taken on a greater meaning. This summer, New Line Cinema's...Tags: Theater, Entertainment, Health and Safety at School, Television Industry, Roger Corman
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'Dirty Dancing,' the mega-hit musical
As an original cast member of " Dirty Dancing -- The Classic Story on Stage," Josef Brown is no stranger to receiving what he calls an "ecstatic reaction" from theatergoers. Even if that reaction is, in effect, a borderline hysterical outpouring of...Tags: Sports, London Theatre, ABBA (music group), Theater, Entertainment
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'Breakfast Club': How a talky teen film became a classic
I was in 7th grade when "The Breakfast Club" opened in theaters, and I distinctly remember thinking the movie was totally right about everything. I wasn't in high school yet (and that was surely one of movie's allures; a peek in a world I would soon...
Tags: Columbia College Chicago, Entertainment, Paul Gleason, The Real World (tv program), Television Industry
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Joan Cotter Lee: Hotelier catered to elite guests in Winter Park
Well before the arrival of theme parks, convention centers and towering hotels, Central Florida was home to a rarefied form of hospitality reserved for the well-to-do. From the 1940s through the 1960s, Joan Pennington Cotter Lee was part of that world....
Tags: Association of Junior Leagues International, Inc., The Seminole Tribe, Pancreatic Cancer, Rollins College, Orlando Hotels
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