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    Thunderstorms wreak havoc across state  Jul 3, 2009
    It was a day only Gene Kelly could have loved. Gray skies opened up yesterday morning and drenched communities statewide, where few were singing in the rain. (Boston Globe)

    STAGE VIEWS: A sad final curtain for North Shore Music Theatre  Jul 1, 2009
    During its final 10 years, North Shore Music Theatre s growing technical expertise produced wonders like an impressive indoor rainstorm to drench Matt Loehr as he sang, danced and splashed his way through the legendary Gene Kelly number from Singing in the Rain, a tornado lifting Dorothy and Toto high into the air on her bed during The Wizard of Oz as Miss Gulch cackled her way by on her flying bicycle, and a green glowing Marley, truly terrifying as he and his chains flew through the air... (Wakefield Daily Item, MA)

    Sitting In: Dance and romance: a womans tale  Jun 30, 2009
    In the 40s and 50s, Gene Kelly showed us that real men can dance. With joyous athleticism he splashed across the sound stage, the embodiment of both dance floor prowess and virility. (Danvers Herald, MA)

    Click to read: Liza On Autopsy: All Hell Will Break Loose  Jun 27, 2009
    Speaking as a friend, she said, "I'm just devastated. He was such a good friend. And he was just a really splendid man. And a brilliant performer who changed theatrical history. I will miss him, I cannot tell you. I saw him all the time. He was so fascinated with everything. He wanted to learn. Once a week he'd have dinner - when he was in Hollywood he'd have dinner with Gregory Peck, and then another night he'd have dinner with Fred Astaire, and another night with Gene Kelly," Minnelli told... (CBS News -- Early Show)

    Click to read:The Man With The Moves  Jun 27, 2009
    The 20th Century also had a couple of no-name male dancers like Nijinsky, Astaire, the Nicholas Brothers, Gene Kelly, Barishnikov, the Hines Brothers, Ben Vereen, and I'm missing some very important ones as well. Cab Calloway did a spin that Michael Jackson was to do 50-60 years later. (CBS News)

    Local fans reflect on King of Pop  Jun 26, 2009
    Gene Kelly, the famous "Singin' in the Rain" film dance star, lauded Jackson's "Billy Jean" choreographed routine from Thriller as "the most spectacular" dance performance he had ever seen, according to Sanborn. "Everything he did he broke ground. I'm sorry that I won't get to hear any more of his new projects. Certainly, the music community is a smaller place for his having gone.". (Rapid City Journal, SD)

    Playing with toys - and gender  Jun 24, 2009
    Playing with toys - and gender - The Boston Globe. Local Search Site Search. (Boston Globe)

    James Lynch House under consideration for national historic designation  Jun 24, 2009
    Last July, newly-appointed Department of Environmental Conservation Region 4 Director Gene Kelly toured the site, along with other state and town officials. That raised questions as to whether the crossing might be in play again. (Hudson Register Star, NY)

    Free Summer Movie Series returns  Jun 19, 2009
    July 1: 1 p.m. - Boomerang Big Bash - Cartoon screening featuring Yogi Bear, The Flintstones, The Jetsons and others 3 p.m. - "Singing in the Rain" - starring Gene Kelly, Donald O'Connor and Debbie Reynolds 6 p.m. - "West Side Story" - starring Natalie Wood, Richard Beymer and Rita Moreno. July 2: 1 p.m. - Toon Takeover - Cartoon Pandemonium from the Cartoon Network 3 p.m. - "Casablanca" - starring Humphrey Bogart and Ingrid Bergman. (Yuma Daily Sun, AZ)

    Newton North Latin teacher Bob Mitchell remembered for his stories, style  Jun 3, 2009
    Mr. Mitchell stopped our translating about 20 minutes before the end of class and proceeded to tell a captivating, uproarious story about how he was once struck by lightning while doing a Gene Kelly dance on top of a Big Dig concrete pylon, Guttman wrote in an e-mail. The class listened in rapt attention as Mr. Mitchell described time slowing down and the world turning slightly green as the debris around him lifted into the air from the shock of the lightning strike. (Newton Tab, MA)

    Flower Drum Song @ Waterfront Theat...  Jun 1, 2009
    It also didn't hurt that Gene Kelly directed that original production, but over time, the show was lost amongst other Rodgers and Hammerstein shows, like The Sound of Music, which opened just over a year after it. The show was revived by playwright David Henry Hwang for a 2002 Broadway revival, but it has to be assumed that VACT were unable to secure those rights, as they have been saddled with the original script and score. (Suite101.com)

    Gene Kelly Awards bring pizazz to Benedum  May 24, 2009
    s Gene Kelly Awards last night. Glam outfits, high-energy entertainment and loud applause at the Benedum Center last night were right out of the Broadway playbook at the annual Pittsburgh CLO Gene Kelly Awards for Excellence in High School Musical Theater ... Named for Hollywood legend and Pittsburgh native Gene Kelly, the Tonys-inspired awards emphasize arts education and recognize the dedication of high schools to local musical productions each spring. (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA)

    Newsweek: Why the dance movie endures  May 23, 2009
    It is utterly incongruous and never explained when Gene Kelly lapses into tap dance in his films. He is varyingly a poor Parisian painter (American in Paris), a sailor on furlough (Anchors Aweigh) and a silent film star (Singin' in the Rain). (MSNBC -- News)

    Marilyn Manely, former Atlanta TV anchor  May 16, 2009
    As an Atlanta TV anchor in the mid-70s, Marilyn Manely interviewed stars like Milton Berle, Gene Kelly and Ann-Margret. To Ms. Manely, they weren t just celebrities; they were heroes. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution)

    Roxie Cinema hosts B film noir festival  May 16, 2009
    While Gene Kelly was dancing with Leslie Caron in Technicolor, terrible things were happening in the black-and-white shadows: cruelty, betrayal, blackmail, murder. You've seen this era's superego. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Entertainment)

    PEOPLE en Espanol Names the 50 Most Beautiful Hispanic Celebrities  Apr 30, 2009
    Other beauties in the issue include Ricky Martin posing as Marlon Brando in A Streetcar Called Desire; Univision TV personality Lili Estefan as Marilyn Monroe in The Seven Year Itch; Aracely Arambula is le femme fatale Veronica Lake; Mexican actress Maite Perroni as Judy Garland in The Wizard of Oz; Ugly Betty's Freddy Rodriguez as famed film producer and director Howard Hughes; Cuban actor William Levy as Robert Redford in The Sting; Nacho Libre's Ana de la Reguera as the legendary Ava Gardner;... (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)

    Remembering Gavin's musical life - Ballet director wants to chronicle son's story in film  Apr 20, 2009
    It is the story of a young boy, barely more than a toddler, soldiering through the last stages of a fatal disease, who finds his only true peace in the elegant footwork of Gene Kelly in Singing in the Rain. As the boy's disease progresses, Gene Kelly himself now in his own twilight years comes to visit him, and the two sit together and watch the classic film ... I realize that it sounds so corny, she continues, that I came from this theatrical family and then here I have this child who's crazy... (Missoulian, MT)

    1944 Gene Kelly film burns at Stanford Theatre  Apr 4, 2009
    The 1944 film "Cover Girl," starring Gene Kelly and Rita Hayworth, caught fire Thursday night about 10 minutes into the film at Stanford Theatre in downtown Palo Alto, forcing evacuation and temporary closure of the 1920s theater. "We cauld see the flickering light from the flames from the orchestra" area near the front of the theater, audience member Kenneth Allen said of the 7:35 p.m. incident. (Palo Alto Online, CA)

    Betsy Blair, actress, Oscar nominee for 'Marty'  Mar 24, 2009
    Ms. Blair, who was blacklisted in Hollywood in the 1950s while married to screen legend Gene Kelly and later was married to director Karel Reisz, died of cancer in a London hospital on March 13, said her daughter, Kerry Kelly Novick. The red-haired actress earned an Academy Award nomination as best actress in a supporting role as Clara Snyder in "Marty," which won the Academy Award for best picture - as well as Oscars for screenwriter Paddy Chayefsky, director Delbert Mann, and Borgnine. (Boston Globe)

    Blacklisted actress Betsy Blair  Mar 21, 2009
    LONDON Betsy Blair, the Oscar-nominated actress and teenage bride of Gene Kelly, has died in London at the age of 85, her publisher said on Thursday ... In this Nov. 1948, file photo, actress Betsy Blair is flanked by actors Montgomery Clift, left, and Gene Kelly as they board an airplane for London at La Guardia Airport in New York City ... Betsy Blair, the Oscar-nominated actress and teenage bride of Gene Kelly, has died in London at the age of 85, her publisher said on Thursday, March 19,... (Atlanta Journal-Constitution)

    Obituaries in the news  Mar 20, 2009
    LONDON (AP) - Betsy Blair, the Oscar-nominated actress and teenage bride of Gene Kelly, has died. She was 85. (Anchorage Daily News)

    Stars donate autographed umbrellas to help conjoined twins  Mar 16, 2009
    The OneHeart Umbrella Campaign will culminate with an April 4 gala at the theater hosted by entertainment legend Debbie Reynolds, who starred in the 1952 film version of "Singin' in the Rain" with Gene Kelly and Donald O'Connor. Reynolds will greet patrons who buy prime seating and sponsorship tables at a private reception before she performs with the Mesa theater. (AZCentral -- News)

    O stands for Oscar and also for Oz  Feb 21, 2009
    Costume designer Orry-Kelly born John Kelly in Kiama in 1897 received the first of his three Oscars in 1952 for his work on the Gene Kelly musical An American In Paris. In 1958 he won another for Les Girls and in 1960 for Some Like It Hot. (The Age, Australia -- Entertainment)

    Evolution revolution: Ed Asner and 'The Great Tennessee Monkey Trial'  Feb 15, 2009
    Written by Jerome Lawrence and Robert E. Lee in the mid-1950s, "Inherit the Wind" is a fictional account of what is known as the Scopes trial, which became the subject of a 1960 Academy Award-nominated film starring Spencer Tracey, Frederick March and Gene Kelly and spawned several television treatments and many community theater productions. "Monkey Trial" was written by Peter Goodchild (at one time the head of science for the British Broadcasting Co.) and is based strictly on court transcripts... (Athens Banner-Herald)

    Big bucks for a Britney bio? Not likely  Feb 10, 2009
    After all, Abdul at least owed an I hope you dont mind to Gene Kelly and Jerry the mouse (of Tom and Jerry fame) for their original dancing duet in 1945s Anchors Aweigh. . (MSNBC -- Gossip)

    'Singin in the Rain' reigns  Apr 1, 2008
    Kelsey Theatre's opening night audience for Maurer Productions' "Singin' in the Rain" demonstrated one thing for sure: The 1952 film starring Gene Kelly, Donald O'Con nor, Jean Hagen and the teenage Debbie Reynolds is firmly em bedded in the American cultural genome, and people simply love it. The adoration was rewarded with a sterling production, witty direction, outstanding performers with charm as well as talent, and a stage set that left nothing to the imagination. (NJ.com -- Times)

    An In-Their-Face View  Mar 30, 2008
    Gene Kelly did it with Vincente Minnelli in 'An American In Paris. They stopped the movie for 20 minutes at the end. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Entertainment)

    Making a big splash  Mar 28, 2008
    The sight of Gene Kelly twirling an umbrella and splashing around in puddles arguably is the most famous movie musical moment of all time. Advertisement. (The News-Herald)

    School's super cool  Mar 23, 2008
    "The director, Kenny Ortega, who worked with (legendary film dancer) Gene Kelly and keeps referring to the master, has a definite vision for the High School Musical, but at the same time is always looking for something new," says Klapow. "People say High School Musical is Grease for the 21st century but you have to remember Grease II, unlike HSM2, wasn't considered as good as the first film. The reason? It didn't have the same cast and crew. The High School team has stayed together.". (Courier Mail)

    Talk of the Town: I’ve got the Easter bonnet blues  Mar 21, 2008
    (Although Munshin was in successful MGM musicals such as Easter Parade and Take Me Out to the Ball Game, audiences would always remember him as one of the trio of sailors including Gene Kelly and Frank Sinatra singing New York, New York, it s a Wonderful Town in the hit On the Town ... The first was Gene Kelly in For Me and My Gal (1942) ... Gene Kelly was originally scheduled to play Don, but he broke his ankle when he stamped his foot in anger after losing a volleyball game. (Green Valley News & Sun, AZ)

    Jumping on 'The Band Wagon'  Mar 10, 2008
    He adapted it from the 1980 film of the same name, a mess of a movie that was steeped in roller disco and gave Gene Kelly his last film role. Now, for the Old Globe, Beane has adapted another movie musical, Vincente Minnelli's 1953 The Band Wagon. (San Diego Union-Tribune)

    Profile: David Stratton  Mar 5, 2008
    Gene Kelly was one of the great entertainers from the golden era of Hollywood. send photos, videos ffs to 0424 SMS SMH (+61 424 767 764), or us. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Business)

    Thousands cast early ballots  Mar 5, 2008
    On the Democratic side, Rick Noriega, Gene Kelly, Rhett Smith and Ray McMurrey are vying for a spot on the November ballot. Houston Community Newspapers Online 2008. (Pasadena Citizen, TX)

    High school musicals  Feb 24, 2008
    you will also soon find weekly previews and eventually a half-dozen or more full reviews (some with photo journals) and reviews by student Kelly Critics from Pittsburgh CLO's Gene Kelly Awards ... 18th Gene Kelly Awards (Allegheny County): Benedum Center, Downtown, 7:30 p.m. May 24; 28 schools entered, marked ... " April 11-13 Neshannock, "Kiss Me Kate," April 11-13 Avonworth, "Disney's Beauty and the Beast," April 11-12, 18-19 April 14-20 Eden Christian Academy, "Narnia, the Musical," April... (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA)

    Lights, cameras and action as Hollywood prepares for Oscars  Feb 24, 2008
    We just took a camera down there and the red carpet was there, Army Archerd was in the stands calling out the names of the stars and one by one they came: Richard Burton, Fred Astaire, Gene Kelly. It was the thrill of my life. (San Diego Union-Tribune)

    And the Oscar goes to. . . .  Feb 22, 2008
    Spencer Tracy and Gene Kelly in a classic film that taught me the importance of independent thinking. To Kill a Mockingbird. (Greenville Delta Democrat Times, MS)

    Happy Burt-days!  Feb 18, 2008
    "), Bette Davis, Gene Kelly and "Missy" Stanwyck, among others. 2. The personalized notes. Cary Grant calls him "my, and the world's, favorite light comedian. " Elizabeth Taylor playfully writes: "Darling Burt, you need a more experienced woman (like me. (The Palm Beach Post)

    Sorry You Missed My Book Signing  Feb 15, 2008
    While searching for something or other on the internet, shed come across an article Id written in which I mentioned that in spite of having interviewed the likes of Gerald Ford, Billy Wilder, Jerry Herman, Steve Allen, George Carlin, Art Linkletter, Henry Mancini, Judith Krantz and Sid Caesar, and having probably been the last person to have interviewed Gene Kelly, Sammy Cahn, G. David Schine and Ginger Rogers, the book had been spurned by any number of publishers who hadnt even wanted... (Townhall.com)

    Movies with heart  Feb 14, 2008
    When best friends Tommy Albright (Gene Kelly) and Jeff Douglas (Van Johnson) get lost on a hunting trip in Scotland, they discover a mysterious and seemingly timeless village called Brigadoon, where Tommy falls for the wistful Fiona Campbell (Cyd Charisse). The catch: for its own protection, the village exists only one day out of every one hundred years. (Seacoast New Hampshire)

    My New York: Tony Roberts  Feb 10, 2008
    He danced with Gene Kelly for most of the musicals in the '50s and taught some of the greatest dancers on Broadway. And it's cheap - until recently, it was 10 a class. (New York Post -- Entertainment)

    Year of the Rat promises economic prosperity  Feb 6, 2008
    However, there will be more pressure and problems in the second half of the year," she said. People born in the Year of the Rat are said to be compatible with those born under the ox, dragon and monkey, and are not compatible with those born in a horse year. The western counterpart of the Rat horoscope is Sagittarius. Famous Rats include William Shakespeare, Prince Charles, Al Gore, George Washington, T.S. Eliot, Mozart, Claude Monet, the Queen Mother, Marlon Brando, George Bush, Jimmy Carter,... (Jakarta Post, Indonesia -- Features)

    Review: S.F. Ballet opens season with charm  Feb 1, 2008
    But Hohenstein had the Gene Kelly ease for Mac, the high-flying station attendant, though he could ham it up yet more. And the orchestra sounded as if it was having fun with the tongue-in-cheek bombast of Virgil Thomson's winking, jazzy score under Music Director Martin West. (San Francisco Chronicle)

    'Ziegfeld Follies'  Jan 24, 2008
    Then behold: Lucille Ball taming a pack of slinky catwomen; Judy Garland spoofing superstardom; and Fred Astaire and Gene Kelly engaging in a tap-dance battle. This luscious 1946 musical directed by Vincente Minnelli showcases MGM's galaxy of stars and proves bigger really is better. (Boston Globe)

    Movie musicals rule again  Jan 24, 2008
    Other movie musicals (although not necessarily based on or adapted from stage musicals) had also left legacies Gene Kelly splashing in the rain; Fred whirling Ginger around a silvery ballroom; the Jets and the Sharks coolly making menace through a mambo routine; and Catherine Deneuves whispery crooning at a little umbrella shop in Cherbourg. Unfortunately, audiences eventually became jaded of the ever present sing-and-dance routines, and the movie musical lost its appeal. (The Star Online, Malaysia)

    'American Idol' Executive Producer's Secret Flop: 'The Apple'  Jan 17, 2008
    "Can't Stop the Music" featured Steve Guttenberg in short shorts and the Village People, and "Xanadu" shoved cinema legend Gene Kelly into a pair of roller skates, but many critics agree that "The Apple" takes the cake when it comes to pure schlocky incoherence. The sci-fi allegory which essentially boils down to a music competition not unlike "American Idol" (except that it involves God and the devil) confounded audiences when it hit theaters in November 1980. (VHI.com -- Music News)

    La Jolla Playhouse unveils two more shows for '08 season  Jan 17, 2008
    The film starred Olivia Newton-John as a mystical roller-mama and Gene Kelly (in his final film role) as mentor to a young skating enthusiast. Ashley's version preserves much of the Electric Light Orchestra's score, by far the best part of the movie. (San Diego Union-Tribune)

    Musical star Depp makes the cut  Jan 15, 2008
    But she had done little dancing and was intimidated at the prospect of partnering Gene Kelly and Donald O'Connor in dance routines. Under Kelly's demanding tutelage, she found a way to channel her natural agility and buoyancy into stylish dance steps. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)

    Chris Brown heats up arena  Jan 8, 2008
    He danced with an umbrella in a way that has not been done since Gene Kelly in Singin' in the Rain. During a costume change, and presumably a breather, his two child backup dancers, one 9, one 11, came out and soloed. (AZCentral -- Entertainment)

    Michael Kidd, 92; inventive choreographer for Broadway, Hollywood  Dec 25, 2007
    In 1955, Kidd made his screen debut in Donen's "It's Always Fair Weather," which starred Charisse, Gene Kelly and Dan Dailey. His performance pleased critics, including the New York Times' Bosley Crowther, who described Kidd's acting as "somewhat in the style of Frank Sinatra.". (Los Angeles Times)

    Michael Kidd; won 5 Tonys for choreography  Dec 25, 2007
    Mr. Kidd also choreographed and directed "Merry Andrew," starring Kaye, and appeared on-screen dancing with Gene Kelly and Dan Dailey in "It's Always Fair Weather.". The great New York City Ballet dancer Jacques d'Amboise, who was in "Seven Brides for Seven Brothers," said at the time that Mr. Kidd was "willing to do anything himself that he expects of his dancers. And he's a great dancer himself - we respect that.". (Boston Globe)

    10 hottest aprs ski bars  Dec 8, 2007
    Clink whisky sours and hope that the resident pianist will dance on the grand piano, as Gene Kelly did one night long ago. Stein Ericksen LodgeDon your Dale of Norway sweater and settle into a cozy chair near the fireplace at Deer Valley, Utah's Troll Hallen Lounge, the bastion of all things Nordic. (MSNBC -- Travel)

    EMI Music Publishing Signs Usher's Brother, Hitmaking Producer JLack, to a Worldwide Publishing Deal  Dec 7, 2007
    Recently, JLack produced a remake of the Gene Kelly classic "Singin' In The Rain" for Usher's performance on MOVIES ROCK, the two-hour CBS special celebrating the role that music has played in films, airing on December 7th at 9 pm et/pt. "JLack is an incredibly talented songwriter and producer. He has a true musical sensitivity and this, coupled with his incredible drive, is the combination for a bright future. He has emerged gracefully as a true songwriter," says Big Jon Platt, Executive Vice... (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)

    12/7: Usher salutes movie classics  Dec 7, 2007
    Yes, it's imposing to do a number that Gene Kelly mastered 55 years ago. "All of the greats get copied," Usher says. (AZCentral -- Entertainment)

    'Movies Rock' brings major star power as celebs from music and film mix it up  Dec 4, 2007
    LL Cool J complimented Usher on his modern Gene Kelly moves, telling him, "I loved it." Legend, who sang "As Time Goes By" with Mary J. Blige, was glued to a screen in the green room while Fergie performed. Other highlights included Jennifer Hudson singing "Somewhere" from "West Side Story," Queen Latifah's performance of "Big Spender" and Carrie Underwood's rendition of "The Sound of Music.". (International Herald Tribune -- Arts)

    Leaping star lost his fear of tights  Nov 29, 2007
    "EVEN as a kid in the Australian Ballet School, Daniel Gaudiello had that Gene Kelly, gotta dance aura," said David McAllister. As artistic director of the Australian Ballet, McAllister knows Gaudiello "lights up the stage and people ask, 'Who is that boy?' ". (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)

    Indy champ finishes first in 'Dancing With the Stars'  Nov 29, 2007
    It was a charming moment - Gene Kelly couldn't have pulled it off better - and it encapsulates what audiences want from their 8 p.m.-hour TV. In an era of snark and cynicism, this show has met an untapped need. No wonder movie musicals have made a comeback, too. (Boston Globe)

    The urban jungle  Nov 16, 2007
    On the left bank, with Notre-Dame in the background, Goldie Hawn, propped up by special effects, dances above and around a stiff Woody Allen: poor stand-ins for Leslie Caron and Gene Kelly, or Audrey Hepburn and Fred Astaire. Agn;s Poirier. (Guardian Unlimited)

    Golden oldies at the golden archesAn array of performers makes Monday nights at McDonalds the 'in' spot  Nov 16, 2007
    Pikesville resident Wilbur Baron was tutored by Gene Kelly and was a professional dancer, performing on Broadway and television and in touring shows with his twin brother, William. Now, Wilbur sways like a feather across the McDonald's floor with his sweetheart, Irene Abarbanel. (Owings Mills Times, MD)

    'Just singin' and dancin' in the rain'  Oct 29, 2007
    Gene Kelly in the 1952 film 'Singin' in the Rain. . (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Opinion)

    The week's best films  Oct 20, 2007
    On The Town (Gene Kelly and Stanley Donen, 1949) 10am, C4 ... Gene Kelly, Frank Sinatra and Jules Munshin are sailors on leave in New York and searching for the delectable Ivy (Vera-Ellen). (Guardian Unlimited -- Film)

    Spreading a little magic - PART 2  Oct 20, 2007
    " Like drawing and painting, he wishes he would have picked up a musical instrument and mastered it, the way he has the 400 different dance moves he took from studying every Gene Kelly movie, from 1942's "For Me and My Gal" to 1952's "Singing In The Rain", and then applied them to his ballroom dance classes, which were always full. The (Hamline University) Oracle March 23, 1990 To the Editor: There are many classes that you take, finish, and then forget. And then there are Dick Mulkern's... (Hampton Chronicle, IA)

    Playhouse's new chief not wasting time settling in  Oct 15, 2007
    In April, soon after Ashley accepted the Playhouse offer, he resumed rehearsals for this new Broadway musical, backed by indie producers and based on the flop 1980 movie with Olivia Newton-John and Gene Kelly, though with a new book by impish funnyman Douglas Carter Beane. Featuring a frustrated painter and the muse sent to Earth to help him open a roller disco, the show includes original hits from the multi-platinum movie soundtrack by Jeff Lynne and the Electric Light Orchestra, and John... (San Diego Union-Tribune)

    Paul X. O'Neill; dancer founded high-tech firm  Oct 4, 2007
    "He was a self-made man from Roxbury, who made hard-to-fabricate items to exacting standards, but he was also a wonderful pianist who could dance just like Gene Kelly," retired Rear Admiral Paul Mulloy of Falmouth, Mr. O'Neill's classmate at the academy, said yesterday. "He called himself a nuclear nerd, but he was very unnerdy. He was a great entertainer who should have been on the stage," Peter X. O'Neill Sr. of North Andover said yesterday of his father, 78, who died of pneumonia Sept. 25 in... (Boston Globe)

    Britney's crime against choreography tops poll  Oct 1, 2007
    Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers took fourth place for their classic celluloid dance routines in the 1930s while Gene Kelly landed sixth place for the 1952 classic Singin in the Rain. . (MSNBC -- News)

    Michael Evans, 87, star of stage, TV soap  Oct 1, 2007
    The play was turned into a musical starring Gene Kelly and Leslie Caron. In the late 1950s Mr. Evans played Henry Higgins in a touring production of "My Fair Lady," performing in the United States and abroad, including in Russia at the height of the Cold War. (Boston Globe)

    Kermit the Frog on TCM  Sep 29, 2007
    " What are Kermit the Frog's Fave Flicks? Apparently the Green Guy digs such family-friendly fare as 1952's Gene Kelly musical Singin' in the Rain (screening at 8pm), Fred Astaire/Cyd Charisse musical The Band Wagon (10pm), Cyrano de Bergerac (possibly the 1990 version with G;rard Depardieu) (12am) and Lassie Come Home (2am). Not bad for a frog. I can take or leave the Lassie flick, but Singin' in the Rain is an acknowledged classic, The Band Wagon has its fans, and Depardieu totally rocked the... (Suite101.com)

    A full, if incomplete, look at life of Pete Seeger  Sep 28, 2007
    In the archival footage he looks like a hayseed Gene Kelly. Seeger found commercial success with the Almanac Singers and the Weavers in the 1940s before the blacklist knocked him off the airwaves for the better part of two decades. (Boston Globe)

    Alex Romero, 94; choreographer for Elvis Presley  Sep 18, 2007
    He was a featured dancer in "On the Town," a 1949 film that starred Gene Kelly and Frank Sinatra. He also performed in the 1951 film "An American in Paris," which also starred Kelly. (Los Angeles Times)

    Miyoshi Umeki  Sep 17, 2007
    Flower Drum Song, directed by Gene Kelly and featuring a mostly Asian cast, had the Japanese Umeki playing an illegal Chinese immigrant just arrived in San Francisco for an arranged marriage - Broadway and Hollywood seldom bothered to make ethnic distinctions. Her two solo numbers, A Hundred Million Miracles and I'm Going To Like It Here, were sweetly sung both on stage and in the 1961 film version, but the character was not much of an advance from the days of Anna May Wong. (Guardian Unlimited -- Film)

    Name-Dropping  Sep 14, 2007
    Every so often in the business of reporting, you suspect you really shouldn't take the money, that you'd do this stuff gratis. I felt that way last week when Pavarotti died. (Forbes)

    TV Countdown: Who'll get the hook?  Sep 12, 2007
    There's no spark or fire to Owen, and his dancing won't exactly make anyone think Gene Kelly - or even Hugh Jackman, who steals the show. And, it's petty theft at best. (AZCentral -- Entertainment)

     Read on...  Sep 12, 2007
    Three films that mean a lot to me: ST: Singin in the Rain, directed by Stanley Donen and Gene Kelly ... Annie Hall, directed by Woody AllenTootsie, directed by Sydney PollackSingin in the Rain, directed by Stanley Donen and Gene Kelly. (Variety)

    In the Grand Cunard Tradition, Entertainment Aboard Queen Victoria Will Strike a Visual High Note  Aug 30, 2007
    Outstanding international dancers execute superb and diverse choreography, capturing the magic of Gene Kelly, the sensual Argentine Tango, Salsa and Samba. The show delivers the grace and elegance of classic dance to the vibrant energy of Swing and Jump Jive. (Canada Newswire)

    The kids are back on Disney Channel with 'High School Musical 2'  Aug 17, 2007
    Despite the fact that Chad's been dancing like a mop-headed Gene Kelly (Again, ask your grandparents) ever since the film started, he says he won't dance in the kids' number unless Ryan can prove his prowess on the ball field. Of course it makes no sense, but what matters is that the number is hot. (San Francisco Chronicle)

    Spitzer ally returns to DEC  Aug 15, 2007
    Gene Kelly, an assistant attorney general for 10 years, is the last regional director to be appointed by DEC Commissioner Pete Grannis. Previously, he was an assistant attorney in DEC Region 4, which includes Albany, Columbia, Delaware, Greene, Montgomery, Otsego, Rensselaer, Schenectady and Schoharie counties. (Albany Times Union)

    'Xanadu' stars rock but don't roll  Aug 11, 2007
    Hoffman and Testa seem the most unrestrained among the cast, which includes Kerry Butler as the head muse and Tony Roberts in the only other non-skating role, one originally filled by Gene Kelly on screen. "We were allowed more than anybody else in the cast to go more cartoony," says Hoffman. (CNN -- Showbiz)

    Bad Traffic, Good Movie  Aug 8, 2007
    He's still the Gene Kelly of martial arts. Tucker and Ratner can't even begin to match Chan's grace, but to their credit, they seem to know it. (City Pages)

    Ballet master to offer dance expertise to local residents  Aug 4, 2007
    A third-generation performer, France's grandparents worked the vaudeville circuit, and his parents' credits include work on Broadway and in Hollywood with such notables as Gene Kelly, Fred Astaire, Marilyn Monroe, Bob Fosse and Jerome Robbins ... "Gene Kelly used to say that dance is something that is handed down from one person to the next," said France. (Mexico Ledger, MO)

    Pittsburgh's 'everyman' attributes make it popular for TV shows  Jul 28, 2007
    Carl Kurlander, a writer and TV producer who also penned the 1985 film, t. Elmo's Fire, calls it n everyman philosophy, an attractive character attribute, which many Pittsburgh-born actors, including Gene Kelly, Michael Keaton and Jeff Goldblum, have possessed, he said. Having several Pittsburgh-area expatriates in show business doesn't hurt, either, Kurlander said. (Somerset Daily American, PA)

    New on DVD: 'Zodiac' has supreme stars  Jul 27, 2007
    But time has been kind to the film with Judy Garland, Gene Kelly, Vincente Minnelli, Cole Porter, the Nicholas Brothers and d ... Highlights: Blue Moon (Mel Torme); Where or When (Lena Horne); Johnny One Note (Judy Garland); and Slaughter on Tenth Avenue (Gene Kelly and Vera-Ellen dance in a waterfront dive). (USA Today -- Life)

    The stage's rainmaker  Jul 26, 2007
    Puddles form and the title scene that made Gene Kelly a Hollywood legend springs forth like an April shower. Bielich says, "It's a lot of fun actually.". (KFOR Oklahoma City, OK)

    New on DVD: Zodiac, The Number 23  Jul 24, 2007
    Seven musicals from the MGM vaults arrive in a seven-disc set and in a series of single-DVD and two-disc releases, led by the 1948 swashbuckler The Pirate, starring Judy Garland and Gene Kelly and directed by Garlands husband at the time, Vincente Minnelli. Garland also stars with Mickey Rooney in 1948s Words and Music, a tale about songwriters Richard Rodgers and Lorenz Hart, while Kelly is host of the 1985 retrospective Thats Dancing. (MSNBC -- Movies)

    New on DVD: Miller pops in 'Factory Girl'  Jul 20, 2007
    Due Tuesday: David Fincher's spectacularly good Zodiac; Judy Garland and Gene Kelly in Vincente Minnelli's The Pirate; a Woody Woodpecker box set. Share this story. (USA Today -- Life)

    'Xanadu' on stage  Jul 13, 2007
    Part of the story involves a regretful older businessman, played here by Tony Roberts (Gene Kelly in the movie), who owns the building Sonny wants to use as the disco. When young, he didn't follow his muse and ended up rich - but alone. (AZCentral -- Entertainment)

    'Xanadu': A flop on screen, a waste on stage  Jul 13, 2007
    Best of all, Tony Roberts turns up in a role played on-screen by Gene Kelly and engages the musical's winking retro references with truly old-school grace. It would have been nice if Xanadu had been designed with more of Roberts' wit and affection or if the muses had inspired the show's creators to come up with some new ideas, rather than just deriding old ones. (USA Today -- Life)

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