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The marathon will also include appetizing encore presentations of TV Land's original hit series Entertainment Weekly and TV Land Present: The 50 Greatest TV Icons and TV Land and TV Guide's 100 Most Memorable TV Moments as well as extra helpings of iconic movies such as Saturday Night Fever and Beaches ... 07 ====== ======================= ======================= ====== 10A I Love Lucy #12 Sanford and Son #2 10A ------ ----------------------- ----------------------- ------ I Love Lucy #15... (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)
'DDR Hottest Party' Nov 7, 2007
Well I'm pretty sure that nobody will mistake my Wii remote and nunchaku shakes for Tony Manero's signature "Saturday Night Fever" moves, but the extra controls in "Dance Dance Revolution Hottest Party" (Rated E, $69. 99) do add another dimension to an already entertaining franchise. (AZCentral -- Entertainment)
Enjoying the magic of the movies Nov 6, 2007
I will stop at the following movies without hesitation: The Pride of the Yankees, Heat, Fried Green Tomatoes, Hoosiers, Goodfellas, Saturday Night Fever, To Kill a Mockingbird, Meet Me In St. Louis, The Enchanted Cottage, and the aforementioned Shane. I will also stop for anything starring John Garfield or Jimmy Cagney or directed by Alfred Hitchcock. (Braintree Forum, MA)
'Spider 3' effects are worth a watch at home Oct 28, 2007
Indeed, he looks like k.d. lang trying to do a stage version of "Saturday Night Fever." The dark eyeliner doesn't work, either. We care only when he gets tough on crime (as the black-suited Spider-Man) and manages to hide in the shadows of some of New York's darker alleys. (Sioux City Journal, IO)
Prince's Purple Rain reigns over movie soundtrack list Oct 28, 2007
Along the same lines, in the write-up of the eighth-ranked Saturday Night Fever, the magazine called the disco-era film's soundtrack "required listening," while at the same time poking fun at the iconic white suit star John Travolta dons in the movie ... Saturday Night Fever. (CBC.ca)
Infotainment Oct 26, 2007
If youve hummed along, tapped your feet, or even danced in your seat while watching Purple Rain, Saturday Night Fever or Trainspotting, youre not alone. The soundtracks from those movies have been named among the 50 greatest by the editors of Vanity Fair magazine. (Daily Times, Pakistan)
'Purple Rain' best film soundtrack of all time Oct 25, 2007
Tarantino's 'Pulp Fiction', British film 'Trainspotting', '70s disco movie 'Saturday Night Fever' and Simon and Garfunkel's 'The Graduate' also featured in the top 10. The magazine's editors said, "'Saturday Night Fever's soundtrack is required listening for anyone looking to heat up the dance floor. The white suit? Not so much." ... Saturday Night Fever' 9. (AZCentral -- Entertainment)
Purple Rain is 'best soundtrack' Oct 25, 2007
Saturday Night Fever 9 ... Saturday Night Fever made eighth place, with the magazine calling its soundtrack "required listening for anyone looking to heat up the dancefloor". (BBC News -- Entertainment)
The week's best films Oct 20, 2007
College girl Jennifer Grey gets Saturday night fever when she spies resident hoofer Patrick Swayze at an otherwise dull holiday resort. He makes like Travolta and soon they're dancing into bed in a lighthearted, exuberant, and sometimes erotic tale of teen lurve that became a box-office monster. (Guardian Unlimited -- Film)
'Dancing' puts a little spring in Mark Cuban's step Oct 8, 2007
Don't expect him to break out a white Saturday Night Fever suit on DWTS the show's costumers have him covered in the wardrobe department. "It's hysterical what they make me wear," Cuban says. (USA Today -- Life)
SF Gate: Entertainment: Movies Oct 6, 2007
Check out this list of the top 10 movie soundtracks since "Saturday Night Fever.". The Mill Valley Film Festival is still taking risks with an eclectic slate of movies as it turns 30. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Sports)
Sue Me, Sue You: Musical 'Plagiarism' In Court Oct 5, 2007
1984]), the plaintiff, a Chicago-based songwriter named Ronald H. Selle, sued the Bee Gees' Maurice, Robin and Barry Gibb, alleging their 1977 hit, "How Deep Is Your Love," stole the melody of his own never-released 1975 song, "Let It End." Having seen the movie ("Saturday Night Fever") whose soundtrack contained the Bee Gees' song, he sued the band, Paramount Pictures, and Polygram Records. The Bee Gees eventually prevailed in a cross-appeal after an initial defeat. (Townhall.com)
Britney's crime against choreography tops poll Oct 1, 2007
Travolta filled three places in the top 10 he also was hailed for his hip-swiveling gyrations in the films Saturday Night Fever and Grease. . (MSNBC -- News)
Beyond the pale? Sep 26, 2007
As he strides down the road like a modern-day answer to John Travolta in Saturday Night Fever, the girls start flocking to him and chanting: "Hi handsome, hi handsome." Khan comes back into view with the product, Fair and Handsome. The skin-lightening cream for men, along with its more feminine counterparts, has found its way into Asian supermarkets and stores in the UK.. (BBC News -- UK)
Saturday Night Fever: 30th Anniversary Special Collector's Edition Sep 25, 2007
Saturday Night Fever: 30th Anniversary Special Col Review - Variety ... In the words of actor Barry Miller, no one involved with "Saturday Night Fever" deliberately set out to make a "kitsch Smithsonian time capsule of bell-bottoms, glitter balls and platform shoes." For all the ridicule it has occasioned and the parodies it has inspired, John Badham's 1977 movie remains a zesty, hugely enjoyable saga of young stardom and working-class ambition, lovingly celebrated here for the way it both... (Variety)
Rewind: 'Across The Universe' Evokes The Worst Beatles-Related Movie Ever — 'Sgt. Pepper' Sep 19, 2007
Partially based on a 1974 stage musical, the 1978 movie (which also included songs from Abbey Road and Revolver) was produced by Robert Stigwood, a top-flight rock manager and label head who'd had prior rock movie successes with "Jesus Christ Superstar" (1973), the Who's "Tommy" (1975), "Saturday Night Fever" (1977) and then-current smash "Grease." People trusted Stigwood's instincts. Maybe the idea of putting '70s chart-toppers Peter Frampton and the Bee Gees in front of the camera to bring... (VHI.com -- Music News)
50 YEARS OF JAZZ IN MONTEREY Sep 17, 2007
Another anniversary is noted in Screens: "Saturday Night Fever" turns 30. In honor of the milestone, Peter Hartlaub presents his list of the top 10 movie soundtracks of the past three decades (Page 26). (San Francisco Chronicle)
Achy breaky heart: Professor speaks on music torture Sep 17, 2007
The specific songs and recording artists Cusick said were used for torture ranged from Marilyn Manson and Nine Inch Nails to the Bee Gees' "Saturday Night Fever" soundtrack to music from the kids TV show "Barney.". Cusick will be publishing her full report of "Music and Torture" in the "Journal of the Society for American Music" in early 2008. (Daily Orange, NY)
[MUSICAL REVIEW] Musical thriller 'Sweeney Todd' a source of unexpected excitement Sep 17, 2007
Musical thriller "Sweeney Todd" is one such example of the industry trying to produce something new, with fresh and unexpected storylines, instead of just reviving big-name musicals like "Mamma Mia" or "Saturday Night Fever.". With its sensational plot, horrifying settings and grotesque musical numbers, the Korean adaptation of "Sweeny Todd" has definitely become the talk of the town. (Korea Herald, Korea)
Top Movie Soundtracks Sep 16, 2007 Dance floor frenzy Sep 14, 2007 Gotta Dance? Sep 14, 2007 The Guide: 70's double feature Sep 8, 2007 New to DVD: Hot summer sex comedy highlights September releases Sep 6, 2007 COMING TO A LIVING ROOM NEAR YOU Aug 26, 2007 Musical allure Aug 24, 2007 Like Rocky Horror, but for kids Aug 14, 2007 Big Hair, Bouncy Moves and Tons of Baltimore Charm Jul 22, 2007 Travolta Is Dancing Again ... In Drag Jul 21, 2007 Will Zac Efron's role in 'Hairspray' stick? Jul 20, 2007 Enormously entertaining 'Hairspray' takes hold, but lacks John Waters' kitsch Jul 20, 2007 Travolta's Latest Comeback Jul 20, 2007 Hairspray gets a makeover Jul 19, 2007 John Travolta In 'Hairspray': Keeping his rhythm, even in drag Jul 19, 2007 Travolta's 'half-full' attitude keeps long career flying high Jul 19, 2007 Kelly Clarkson: 'December' Romance Almost Over Jul 18, 2007 Lets dance! John Travoltas best and worst Jul 18, 2007 What he does in his dancing shoes Jul 18, 2007 John Travoltagets in touchwith hisfeminine side Jul 16, 2007 John Travolta m Jul 15, 2007 A GUY'S GIRL Jul 15, 2007 Music Monthly Jul 15, 2007 '77: NOT THE WORST Jul 13, 2007 What they've done to Travolta Jul 13, 2007 20 gourmet pizza places Jul 12, 2007 John Travolta Interview, HairSpray Jul 9, 2007 Essential summer item: Crisp, classy white pants Jul 8, 2007 Stage shows for kids: A grown-up industry Jul 3, 2007 25 movies with real impact Jul 2, 2007 Should've said no to some casting calls Jun 30, 2007 BATTLEFIELD GIRTH Jun 27, 2007 Ruwaad and Paramount Licensing Announce Long-Term Licensing Arrangement in Connection with the Planned Creation of an Iconic Themed Destination in the United Arab Emirates Jun 26, 2007 Travolta feels sexy as a woman Jun 25, 2007 The American Film Institute's best 100 movies Jun 22, 2007 T-R-A-V-O-L-T-A Jun 22, 2007 Dance saved Travolta Jun 22, 2007 See 'Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer' Jun 16, 2007 They have a childhood bond with Barry Jun 15, 2007 Special Effect Jun 14, 2007 TRAVOLTA FAMILY ADOPTS NOCTURNAL LIFESTYLE TO AVOID PAPARAZZI... Jun 13, 2007 Travolta reveals secret to avoiding snappers Jun 13, 2007 Lezli Gandy column: Name that tune 06-08-2007 Jun 9, 2007 TV Land's Summer Sizzles With New Originals, Hit Movies, Month-Long Tribute to Elvis, Extreme Makeover: Home Edition and More Beginning in June Jun 5, 2007 Best and worst Jun 4, 2007 Travolta, wife try for another baby Jun 1, 2007 Magicians try to break a songwriter May 29, 2007 What's wrong with critics like me anyway? May 28, 2007 Copyright pirates face crackdown May 27, 2007 The movie that changed everything May 27, 2007 Living the dream?Andrew Lloyd Webber on being the darling of Saturday night TV May 25, 2007 'Star Wars' At 30: Still An Intergalactic Marvel May 24, 2007 Beware fame-obsessed Britain, says travel guide May 23, 2007 UK tourists 'among worst in the world' May 23, 2007 A critic's confession May 19, 2007 Quirk choices May 18, 2007 2007 Classic Chastain Announces Its Summer Concert Series May 18, 2007 Ogre vs. Spidey May 17, 2007 Journalist unleashes tirade May 14, 2007 More of this story» May 12, 2007 Chasing Farrah May 11, 2007 KC spreading sunshine May 10, 2007 "Spider-Man 3" - My Thoughts May 10, 2007 'Idol' Recap: Melinda's Worst Is Still The Best; Blake Needs To Think Outside The Beatbox May 10, 2007 Stayin' power May 9, 2007
The best movie soundtracks since 'Saturday Night Fever. Article:The best movie soundtracks since 'Saturday Night Fever':/c/a/2007/09/13/PKTOS172E.DTL Article:The best movie soundtracks since 'Saturday Night Fever':/c/a/2007/09/13/PKTOS172E.DTL ... The best movie soundtracks since 'Saturday Night Fever. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Entertainment)
More than a woman Sep 14, 2007
"Well, yes, I've done musicals, Saturday Night Fever and Grease, but I wasn't dressed as a woman and in a fat suit when I did them," he says, seemingly a little put out. "And I had to dance in heels [this time]. That was really tough. They kept bringing me skinny high heels but I knew better. I said, 'Look, my mother wore those, I understand those.' However, when I was growing up I saw girls in the chorus with a thicker heel - it was like a dance shoe.". (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
Come Dec 16, it will be exactly 30 years since the release of Saturday Night Fever in the United States ... If, like me, you were born after the disco era, and think you are too cool for Saturday Night Fever, think again ... For Datuk Steven Ooi and Datin Marilyn Goh of Penang Malaysias very own Tony Manero and Stephanie Mangano no other dance movie and soundtrack comes close to having the impact that Saturday Night Fever had on them. (The Star Online, Malaysia)
In Technique I, students are learning the fundamentals of ballet and fun moves from the 1970s, including the Hustle and a modified version of John Travolta's dance from the movie Saturday Night Fever. Juniors and seniors in the more advanced Technique III class are studying the musical Rent and learning classical jazz moves. (Orlando Sentinel)
Michael and Doug preview tonight's TV highlights featuring a double dose of Travolta with Grease followed by Saturday Night Fever. (00:03:07). (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
Special: "Cruising (Deluxe Edition)"; "Deliverance (35th Anniversary Deluxe Edition)"; "Flashdance (Special Collector's Edition)"; "Saturday Night Fever: Special Collector's Edition"; "Troy: Director's Cut"; "Wall Street: 20th Anniversary Edition.". TV on DVD: "Boston Legal" season 3; "Brothers & Sisters" season 1; "Family Guy" vol. 5; "Everybody Loves Raymond" season 9; "Ghost Whisperer" season 2; "The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy" season 1; "Josie and the Pussycats" complete; "Married ...... (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA)
"Saturday Night Fever" (Sept. 18): A 30th-anniversary edition of the John Travolta disco classic. (New York Post -- Entertainment)
Chang and Eng and Saturday Night Fever. As for homegrown musicals, we have been tantalised by A Fireside Story (touted as Malaysias first political musical when Kannan Menon directed it back in the 1970s), The Storyteller, Nunsense, Siddartha, Memories for Sale, My Bollywood Summer, The Reluctant Saint, Above Full Moon, Opera Uda dan Dara, Hip-Hopera, M. (The Star Online, Malaysia)
It was written for a young audience, unlike Grease or Fame or Saturday Night Fever. High School Musical] is appropriate for that age group, says Michelle Carbery, owner and artistic director of For the Love of It Performing Arts Centre. (Globe and Mail -- Entertainment)
Travolta's pretty wonderful as Edna down-to-earth, vulnerable, and every bit the dancer he was back in his Saturday Night Fever days, as you discover when Tracy and Edna go out for a makeover at their favorite dress shop, Mr. Pinky's Hefty Hideaway. Edna's a big gal, but Travolta lets you see that she was once and will ever be, in her own mind a delicate creature. (NPR)
Earlier that year, Travolta picked up his first Academy Award nomination for playing weekend dance king Tony Manero in "Saturday Night Fever.". "The solo from 'Saturday Night Fever,' I love, because I worked on it for nine months and perfected it," Travolta said. (CBS News)
"But my manager was passionate about my career, and he thought it didn't matter. Talent was talent. I did the kinds of projects that allowed the same audience to follow me and expand. Carrie, Saturday Night Fever, Grease. It wasn't a big departure in appeal.". Efron isn't fretting too much about showbiz status. (USA Today -- Life)
The joke is completely lost, and you never lose sight of the fact that you're watching the star of "Grease" and "Saturday Night Fever," this time brandishing his trademark dance moves while wearing a fat suit. M3'Hairspray. (Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier)
And it's not as if Travolta the sultry young stud of Saturday Night Fever and Grease, the wily thug of Pulp Fiction, Get Shorty and Face/Off hasn't been up close with another guy recently ... And though Edna hasn't quite the agility of Saturday Night Fever's Tony Manero, Travolta is still a dancing champ at any weight ... Six months after Saturday Night Fever, which had a boffo domestic box office of $94 million, came Grease, which earned twice that. (Time.com)
In Saturday Night Fever: ``When he first breaks out on the dance floor, and his More Than a Woman duet (with Donna Pescow, while wearing his famed white suit) ... His parents took him to see R-rated Saturday Night Fever, and he was thrilled by John Travolta's star-making performance as a disco king. (Houston Chronicle)
Even beyond the dance moves of "Grease" and "Saturday Night Fever" and "Urban Cowboy," defining as they were, his ability to create character in the shape of his spine, the tilt of his pelvis, the isolation of various parts of his body was a revelation in films, whether musical or not. The famous slouching Watusi he devised for woozy Vincent Vega in "Pulp Fiction" not only nailed that character but revived a career that by 1994 had fallen into one of its weird, periodic lulls. (International Herald Tribune)
From TV's "Welcome Back Kotter," to his overnight fame as Tony Manero in "Saturday Night Fever" and then Danny Zuko in the biggest money-making musical, "Grease," John Travolta has been entertaining us for decades. After falling out of favor with Hollywood, the New Jersey kid hit it big again with the success of "Pulp Fiction" where he showed off his good-natured personality in a gritty, low budget film. (USA Today -- Money)
Even dressed as Edna, Travolta was channeling his iconic "Saturday Night Fever" and "Pulp Fiction" moments. But then, of course, much of the audience came with Travolta. (Fox News)
From the highs of Saturday Night Fever to the lows of The Punisher ... Then, thanks to Saturday Night Fever and a polyester white suit, he became an international superstar and went on to define the skin-deep, superficial Me Decade, along with disco and inflation ... Saturday Night Fever (1977)1977 was a landmark year for New Yorkers for so many reasons, most of them bad: a city-wide blackout, wide-spread crime and arson, a serial killer on the loose and maybe worst of all... (MSNBC -- Movies)
"He knows a few things about that heartbeat from his past films, namely 1977's Saturday Night Fever, Grease (1978), Urban Cowboy (1980) and Pulp Fiction (1994). Ads by Google Inside the . Lindsay Lohan has left rehab again... Canadian musician Kim Mitchell... Just like the Jack Bauer-led squad... Newspapers: Television: Radio: Marketplace: CanWest Countries: ? 2007 CanWest Interactive, a division of . All rights reserved. Unauthorized distribution, transmission or republication... (National Post)
Even beyond the dance moves of Grease and Saturday Night Fever and Urban Cowboy, defining as they were, his ability to create character in the shape of his spine, the tilt of his pelvis, the isolation of various parts of his body was a revelation in films, whether musical or not ... "Playing a drag queen did not. The vaudeville idea of a man in a dress is a joke that works better onstage than it does on film, and I didn't want any winking or camping. I didn't want it to be 'John Travolta plays... (Taipei Times)
He might have performed in some of cinema s most famous dance numbers Saturday Night Fever, Grease and Pulp Fiction, anyone ... The valleys include Moment by Moment, Staying Alive and Battlefield Earth, while the peaks number Saturday Night Fever, Urban Cowboy, Pulp Fiction and Get Shorty. (Wilkes Barre Times-Leader)
But from "Saturday Night Fever" to "Pulp Fiction" to "Get Shorty," it seems like Travolta's most memorable roles are the ones for which he's wiggled his hips. PAGE 1. (New York Post -- Entertainment)
Seven years later his story for New York magazine - 'Tribal Rites of the New Saturday Night' - was used as the basis for the John Travolta film Saturday Night Fever. His most recent book is Triksta : Life and Death and New Orleans Rap (Vintage, 2005). (Guardian Unlimited)
Yet much of what we think we know about 1977 is as wrong as "Saturday Night Fever," the year's hit movie supposedly based on real Brooklyn disco dancers, but later found to have been completely made up. Mythologizing 1977 as a nadir serves to legitimize the preposterous notion that things would begin to improve shortly afterward - a fallacy promoted by former Mayor Ed Koch, who wrote in The Post this week that "soon after" the blackout, "We began our climb back to the top . . . the city gained... (New York Post -- Opinions)
But just imagine the Travolta of Saturday Night Fever and Grease made to look like Kirstie Alley before her well-publicized diet and doing a Tina Turner dance stomp. It is mind-boggling. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
11, 2007 12:00 AM When Tony Manero strutted down that Brooklyn street in 1977's Saturday Night Fever, you can bet the pizza he was shoveling into his mouth was not topped with fig and prosciutto. And that basic cheese-topped slice with the little pools of orange grease is still beloved. (AZCentral -- Entertainment)
One of Hollywoods sexiest leading men, John Travolta has appeared in some of the most monumental films of our generation from "Saturday Night Fever which launched the disco phenomenon in the 1970s to the wildly popular "Urban Cowboy which also influenced trends in popular culture to the DePalma thrillers "Carrie and "Blowout. Hes been nominated for an Academy Award for his riveting portrayal of a philosophical hit-man in Quentin Tarantinos "Pulp Fiction and won a Golden... (MoviesOnline)
Hdonna collection has patent leather hot pants reminiscent of John Travolta in Saturday Night Fever, while Target has white shorts from L.A.-based designer Patrick Robinson. And Gap kicked off its own design series last month with designs from runway designers Doo. (The Clarion-Ledger)
As a life-size Bert began to strut in a white suit to a classic Saturday Night Fever tune, adult voices began mouthing the Bee Gees' lyrics. That sort of participation is something Les Bowen, 28, sees all the time from inside his 8-foot-2 Big Bird costume. (USA Today -- Life)
It sold 17 million copies, bumped Saturday Night Fever as the No. 1 all-time film soundtrack and showed how to squeeze big money from a so-so movie. Next week. (USA Today -- Life)
Karen Lynn Gorney in 'Saturday Night Fever. She couldn't act or dance her way out of the proverbial paper bag. (San Diego Union-Tribune)
Despite the bulk of the suit, the actor proves he can still shake it, showing off dance moves 30 years after Saturday Night Fever. . (New York Post -- Entertainment)
Paramount Pictures' legendary catalogue includes Academy Award-winning films such as Titanic, Braveheart and Forrest Gump, as well as classic and current hits including The Godfather, Breakfast at Tiffany's, Grease, Saturday Night Fever, Top Gun, Mission: Impossible, Charlotte's Web, Nacho Libre, and Dreamgirls (a co-production with DreamWorks Pictures). The Paramount Pictures-branded theme park would be the entertainment hub of the family destination, featuring rides, shows, and attractions... (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)
Travolta leapt to fame in the 1970s with 'Grease' and 'Saturday Night Fever. "'Hairspray' was made the way 'Grease' was made, with that spirit of play. Musicals are a different beast (...) you have to trust the surrealism (of this king of movie). The problem is lots of people don't know how to make that.". (iAfrica.com)
Saturday Night Fever (1977). This Is Spinal Tap (1984). (AfterEllen.com)
" Growing up in Englewood, New Jersey, Travolta was the youngest of six children born to Salvatore, a tyre shop owner, and Helen, a drama teacher. At 16 he left school to pursue an acting career in New York and after some TV commercials and a couple of dud movies he secured a role in Brian De Palma's horror film Carrie, which led to a role in the popular TV series Welcome Back, Kotter and subsequent stardom. Roles in huge hit movies such as Saturday Night Fever and Grease ensued and come the... (The Drudge Report)
The 'Saturday Night Fever' star admits his roles were few and far between until images of him and the princess swirling around a ballroom in 1985 were shown around the world. John is quoted by Britain's Daily Mirror newspaper as saying, "That was an amazing moment because I was having a dip in my career and no-one was interested in me. advertisement "Suddenly I was the only thing that mattered in America to Princess Diana and I was reborn. (AZCentral -- Entertainment)
It's only been a month since we endured seeing Peter Parker go all Saturday Night Fever in Spider-Man. The straight action scenes also give off what Monty Python called "that mysterious feeling of deja vu ... deja vu ... deja vu." The spectacle of the Human Torch and the Silver Surfer soaring through the skyscraper canyons of New York isn't all that different from Spider-Man slinging webs as the New Green Goblin zips around on his board. (SunSpot.net)
The movie theater in San Carlos, where 10 kids, including Barry, would tumble out of Carol McKercher's VW bug to see "Saturday Night Fever" for the 13th or 14th time. Burton Park, where Rob Leary and his brothers would ride their bikes up from the south side, and Barry and his brothers, BB and Ricky, would ride their bikes down from the hills on the north side with Bobby McKercher and his brother, and they would play -- baseball, basketball, hide and seek, tag, war -- until they had to beat the... (Boston Globe -- Sports)
So we made him look like Tom Ford and John Travolta in his Saturday Night Fever avatar, he says. Dutta gets to look like a Parisian belle with shirt dresses, high heels, lots of lace, taffetas and high-waisted skirts. (Expressindia.com)
The 53-year-old star of blockbusters such as "Pulp Fiction," "Saturday Night Fever" and "Grease," told the latest edition of Parade Magazine due out Sunday that his whole family had adopted the lifestyle to maintain their privacy. "We're like the Addams family or the Munsters, living sort of an odd, nocturnal life," Travolta told the magazine. (The Drudge Report)
The 53-year-old star of blockbusters such as Pulp Fiction, Saturday Night Fever and Grease has told Parade magazine that his whole family has adopted the lifestyle to maintain their privacy. "We're like the Addams family or the Munsters, living sort of an odd, nocturnal life," Travolta said. (ABC News Online, Australia -- Offbeat)
You Should Be Dancin by the BeeGees from Saturday Night Fever : I guess I never realized how many dancing movies John Travolta made during the 70 s, but who can forget the white suits. 3. (Plainview Daily Herald, TX)
What made the dance scenes in Saturday Night Fever so hot. What did Michael Jackson confess to Donny Osmond. (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)
He struts down the street like he s in Saturday Night Fever, with these bangs slanting down across his right eye, like the emo love child of Tony Manero and Hitler. The suit also makes him do that lame-o dance I mentioned. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
The 'Saturday Night Fever' actor has made no secret of his desire to have more children and recently spoke about the joys of parenthood. He said, "I really like having kids. I enjoy their energy and it keeps everything wonderful and hopeful. I grew up with six kids in my family. I thought I would have five or six. "It's fascinating watching your kids growing up, because they're yours and they're beautiful and they're constantly changing and offering you new thoughts and ideas, so I love watching... (AZCentral -- Entertainment)
(With the exception of colossi like Saturday Night Fever, the most successful soundtrack ever with about 25m worldwide sales, film music doesn't make labels rich - the biggest British soundtrack of recent years, Love Actually, shifted an all-rightish 1. 6m globally. (Guardian Unlimited)
Maguire was so embarrassingly wretched in his "Spider-Man 3" stint when his character turns "black" -- can we ever erase the glimpse of him strutting down a New York street like a "Saturday Night Fever" John Travolta wannabe. -- that I fear he's seriously damaged his onscreen persona. (Fresno Bee -- Lifestyle)
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Atlanta Journal-Constitution film critic Eleanor Ringel lamented how "Star Wars" and "Saturday Night Fever" helped kill the so-called '70s golden age, when movies ranging from "The Godfather" to "The Sting" to "Shampoo" could be both critical and box office successes. "Goodbye, Don Corleone and Travis Bickle. Hello, Obi-Wan Kenobi and Tony Manero. Move over, Little Italy and Nashville. All roads now lead to Tatooine and Brooklyn," she wrote. (CNN -- Showbiz)
Lloyd Webber's Saturday night fever. By Caroline Briggs Entertainment reporter, BBC News. (BBC News -- Entertainment)
John Travolta's "Saturday Night Fever" brought the heat. "The Deep," starring Nick Nolte and Jacqueline Bisset, brought hidden danger. (CBS 2, NY)
The West Yorkshire former mill town "struts across England's urban stage like John Travolta in Saturday Night Fever," the guide said. Skegness, long seen as a fading, windswept resort was described as a "classic seaside town with a seafront parade drowning in greasy fish-and-chip shops". (Independent)
LEEDS - Struts across England s urban stage like John Travolta in Saturday Night Fever. MANCHESTER - A modern metropolis which could take over if London ever quit being the capital. (Telegraph.co.uk)
Along with the absolutely loathsome "Saturday Night Fever," Lucas' sci-fi fantasy brought an end to the so-called Golden Age of the 1970s. The age of the auteur and Francis Ford Coppola, Martin Scorsese, Robert Altman, Hal Ashby and at least a half-dozen other filmmakers. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
The multicoloured spring-loaded dance floor, reminiscent of Saturday Night Fever, makes this club worth visiting. 396 Pitt Street, city, 9211 3866. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
" His better half, the one and only Amy Grant, originally gained fame for her 1991 mainstream pop album, Heart in Motion, and is known for her ability to tell her life story in every song she writes. From the first time she picked up a guitar as a teenager and sang for her school friends, to the albums she's recorded that have racked up multi-platinum awards, Grant has always found a musical way to share her life. Along the way, Grant has not only become an icon in Christian music (and could, in... (Atlanta Daily World, GA)
Spider-Man 3' An into-himself Peter Parker (Tobey Maguire) succumbs to the dark side and with Hitler hair struts the street like he's in "Saturday Night Fever.". The vital aspect. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
The star of Saturday Night Fever wrote to BBC executives, accusing journalist John Sweeney of "personal prejudices, bigotry and animosity" after he screamed at a top Scientologist Tony Davis, the Daily Mail said. Scientologists sent 100,000 copies of the video to MPs, civil servants and business leaders, and posted it on YouTube. (Sydney Morning Herald)
Top movies in the disco era were "Saturday Night Fever," "Star Wars" and "Close Encounters of the Third Kind.". It's been 15 years already since compact discs surpassed cassette tapes and Lawrence Welk died. (Dowagiac News, MI)
It's worth tuning in to see a memorabilia appraiser tell a gobsmacked Farrah her red swimsuit she wore in that famous 1970s poster that adorned so many teenage boys' walls is right up there in pop culture heaven alongside John Travolta's white suit from Saturday Night Fever and the ruby slippers Judy Garland wore in The Wizard of Oz.. an error occurred while processing this directive. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
KC has hit the high notes in the music industry: Grammy Awards for songwriting (Where Is the Love), album and producer of the year (Saturday Night Fever soundtrack); American Music Award for Best Rst; NARAS Governor's Award, a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. There's more to aim for. (The Clarion-Ledger)
i think your absolutly right on the fact that there were alot of non nessesary scenes in the movie including the saturday night fever peter parker danceathon. and im sorry but if they are going to make mary jane sing get someone who CAN sing. (Penn Live)
Between the irritating Woody Woodpecker vocalizations, the unappealing blond streak in his bangs and the cheesy disco-ball light effects (even though a random sign in the audience screams, "WE LOVE THE LIGHTS"), America was left with a bad case of Saturday Night Fever. (Symptoms include, but are not limited to: nausea, headache and cold sweats caused by the thought of Fran Drescher in polyester. (VHI.com -- Music News)
The "Saturday Night Fever" soundtrack, in 1977, produced three number one hits, "Stayin' Alive," "Night Fever," and "How Deep Is Your Love. " It spent two years on the charts, and the Bee Gees enjoyed a ubiquity beyond parody. Or did they suffer it. (Boston Globe)
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