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Cyd Charisse, 86, Silken Dancer of the Movies, Dies (Entertainment, 8 articles)
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LOS ANGELES - Actress and dancer Cyd Charisse, the impossibly long-legged movie musical star who gained fame for her on-screen pairings with Hollywood dance greats Fred Astaire and Gene Kelly, died on Tuesday at age 86. Charisse athletic performer once described by Astaire as " beautiful dynamite died early in the morning of a heart attack at a Los Angeles-area hospital, according to her agent , Scott Stander. The actress-dancer from Texas died at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center after suffering an apparent heart attack on Monday, her publicist Gene Schwam said. Richard sez, " A fan of both Fred Astaire and Michael Jackson has cut this short film in the hope of introducing new generations to Astaire... more. Robert Sidney, who choreographed for the Broadway stage and Las Vegas nightclubs as well as for movies and television, died of pneumonia March... more. "Her beauty was breathtaking Debbie Reynolds, who starred with Charisse in the 1952 classic" Singin ' in the Rain said in a statement. Her flawless beauty and jet-black hair contributed to an aura of perfection that Astaire described in his 1959 memoir, "Steps in Time as" beautiful dynamite "
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ABC News: Church Cracks Down on New 'Da Vinci' Film (Entertainment, 7 articles)
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Producers of the film, directed by Ron Howard and starring Tom Hanks, were turned down because the movie " does not conform to our views said Monsignor Marco Fibbi The crew had asked to film in the churches of Santa Maria del Popolo and Santa Maria della Vittoria, two architectural jewels in the heart of Rome that include paintings by Caravaggio, sculptures by Bernini and a chapel designed by Raphael. The Sony-produced film was put on hold during the Writers Guild of America strike that ended in February and is now scheduled for release in May 2009.
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Patti LuPone working on memoir (Entertainment, 4 articles)
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LuPone won her first Tony in 1980 for playing Argentine leader Eva Peron in the Andrew Lloyd Webber-Tim Rice musical " Evita. " South Pacific in its first Broadway revival since the 1950s, topped the list of Tony Award winners at last night's Radio City Music Hall ceremony in New York. " August: Osage County as widely expected, took best play, along with four other awards, including best direction for Anna D. Shapiro.
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