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    "Survivor" All-Stars Ready for Battle  Aug 25, 2008
    And the ploy works, if only because she swipes from big cheeses such as , revisiting his iconic Saturday Night Fever dance moves while dressed in 's "Let's Get Physical" leotard along with a pair of Flashdance-worthy leg warmers. So what do you think: Do you like her in Lycra or did she flunk her "Physical". (Yahoo News -- Survivor)

    Besley: No return to inflationary fever  Aug 20, 2008
    Writing in the Sun newspaper yesterday, Besley warned against a return to the soaraway inflation of the era remembered for films like Saturday Night Fever and the television series Starsky. "It would be easy to give in and let inflation get out of control that's what happened in the 1970s," he said. (Scotsman)

    The Buzz: It’s all about the product  Aug 12, 2008
    John Travolta as Tony Manero in Saturday Night Fever. Gimme a head with hair, long beautiful hair, shining gleaming streaming flaxen waxen. (Corvallis Gazette Times, OR)

    John Travolta makes appearance at aviation convention  Aug 5, 2008
    If I can look out the bedroom and see the planes, I am happy, said the star of such films as Saturday Night Fever and Pulp Fiction. Travolta was promoting Eclipse Aviation, which was showing off fuel-efficient planes at the convention. (Helena Independent Record, MT)

    Travolta's Love Of Flying  Aug 2, 2008
    Travolta has been in numerous movies and was an Oscar nominee for "Saturday Night Fever" and "Pulp Fiction." He said he wouldn't have been able to do as much in aviation if it weren't for his film career. "Aviation has always bailed me out of anything in my mind that is blue," Travolta said. (CBS News)

    What’s going on in and around Richmond County?  Jul 25, 2008
    Alvin and the Chipmunks will be featured at 10 a.m. and Saturday Night Fever at 7:30 p.m. sponsored by Arts Richmond and Rockingham Downtown Corporation. FAMILY REUNION: Robinson and Nicholson family reunion will be held 1 p.m. Aug. 2 at Ellerbe Lions Club. (Rockingham Daily Journal, NC)

    The Drag Kings  Jul 19, 2008
    Do you think you could have played John Travolta's role in "Saturday Night Fever". Obviously, there are more people with more rhythm than others. (Fresno Bee)

    LAFF 08: American Son  Jul 14, 2008
    I was reminded of Tony Maner 00000B68 o in Saturday Night Fever -- the leader of a local posse who slowly outgrows the hijinks of his pals -- and it's this bittersweet sense of nostalgia that flavors Mike's final days and makes them a sort of wistful final hurrah before he takes off to tackle the challenges of the adult world. Again, however, Abramson's focus lingers more on the sensational than the sincere. (IGN FilmForce)

    Weekend's movies at Egyptian include a western, musical and a comedy  Jul 13, 2008
    John Travolta will be onscreen Saturday evening with Saturday Night Fever (1977). Dennis the Menace (1993) will show Sunday. (Coos Bay-North Bend The World, OR)

    New York mag founder Felker dies  Jul 2, 2008
    Among New Yorks most influential features were Wolfes Radical Chic: That Party at Lennys, on the Black Panthers benefit party thrown by conductor Leonard Bernstein in 1970, and Nik Cohns Tribal Rites of the New Saturday Night, which served as the basis for the film Saturday Night Fever. . (MSNBC -- News)

    Clay Felker, 82, founded New York magazine  Jul 2, 2008
    Among New York's most influential features were Wolfe's "Radical Chic: That Party at Lenny's," on the Black Panthers benefit party thrown by conductor Leonard Bernstein in 1970, and Nik Cohn's "Tribal Rites of the New Saturday Night," which served as the basis for the film "Saturday Night Fever.". When publishing titan Rupert Murdoch forced Felker and Glaser out in a hostile takeover in 1977, New York's staff walked out in solidarity with their departing editors, leaving an incomplete issue... (Atlanta Journal-Constitution)

    TIFF announces 27 selections for 2008  Jun 30, 2008
    Dancer Ral Peralta is obsessed with imitating Tony Manero, John Travolta's character in Saturday Night Fever. His quest for stardom seems within his grasp when a TV station announces a Manero impersonation contest. (Toronto Star)

    Hollywood internships for Ngee Ann Poly students under degree tie-up  Jun 25, 2008
    Hollywood film-makers teaching the course will include John Bradham of Saturday Night Fever fame, and Oscar-winning director, David Ward. Kenneth Tan, Chief Operating Officer, Media Development Authority of Singapore, said: "I think we're now at a stage where we are really poised as a film-producing country to leapfrog onto the world stage. To do that, a few things have to happen. ADVERTISEMENT "One, we have to tell more stories that have indigenous flavour but universal appeal. (Channel NewsAsia, Singapore)

    Silent film of Monroe fetches $60,000  Jun 24, 2008
    The auction also included the original disco ball from "Saturday Night Fever" and an original script of "The Godfather" signed by Marlon Brando. The sale was held by Julien's Auctions. (Xinhuanet, China)

    Rare Monroe footage fetches $60K  Jun 23, 2008
    The auction also included the original disco ball from "Saturday Night Fever" and an original script of "The Godfather" signed by Marlon Brando. The sale was held by Julien's Auctions at Planet Hollywood Resort and Casino. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution)

    Amy Winehouse, Naomi Campbell, Matthew McConaughey  Jun 23, 2008
    The auction also included a disco ball from "Saturday Night Fever," an original script of "The Godfather" signed by Marlon Brando and Alfred Hitchcock's driver's license, which went for $8,000. . (International Herald Tribune -- Arts)

    Rare Monroe-Gable footage auctioned  Jun 22, 2008
    Also for bid: "Saturday Night Fever" disco ball, autographed "Godfather" script ... The auction also included the original disco ball from "Saturday Night Fever" and an original script of "The Godfather" signed by Marlon Brando. (CNN -- International)

    Candid film of Marilyn Monroe for auction  Jun 22, 2008
    The two reels of silent 8 mm color film shot on the set of "The Misfits'' was expected to draw starting bids between $10,000 and $20,000. The auction also included the original disco ball from "Saturday Night Fever'' and an original script of "The Godfather'' signed by Marlon Brando. The sale was held by Julien's Auctions at Planet Hollywood Resort and Casino. The 47-minute film, "On the Set with 'The Misfits,''' was shot by film extra Stanley Floyd Kilarr. It features candid moments with Monroe... (The Star Online, Malaysia -- News)

    Rare Monroe and Gable Home Movie, Pamela Anderson's Viper for P.E.T.A. plus Extensive Collection from Animation Legends Up for Bid June 21 and 22 on AuctionNetwork.com  Jun 21, 2008
    Items up for bid include Elvis Presley's impressive Sy Devore black suit worn in "Viva Las Vegas"; 47 minutes of behind the scenes footage with copyright of Marilyn Monroe with co-star Clark Gable in the "Misfits"; Pamela Anderson's 2000 Dodge Viper RT/10 Roadster with a portion of the proceeds benefiting P.E.T.A; an original script from "The Godfather" signed by Marlon Brando; the original disco ball used in "Saturday Night Fever"; Yul Brynner's Hat Worn in "Magnificent Seven". Other... (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)

    You heard himEven if you never heard of him  Jun 17, 2008
    He played guitar with the Bee Gees for the sound track of "Saturday Night Fever." He played guitar for "Imagine" on Ray Charles' last album, "Genius ds." And he has played on thousands of television commercials. Carmine grew up in New York City's music business and lived in the city until January, when he finally met face-to-face the woman he had loved for three years. (Casa Grande Valley Newspapers, AZ)

    paved the way for other duds  Jun 15, 2008
    Unrelated save for its emphasis on protagonists with misplaced aspirations, Chilean director Pablo Larrain s Tony Manero follows a maniacal South American stud so intent on becoming John Travolta s character from Saturday Night Fever that he s willing to eradicate the competition. Coldly unsetting even though the premise suggests a lively affair, Tony Manero devises a completely unique anti-hero. (New York Press)

    A Star Is Reborn  Jun 8, 2008
    The Ride: In his 1977 breakout performance in "Saturday Night Fever," Travolta strutted down a Brooklyn street to "Stayin' Alive," and he's been proving the song right ever since, with self-effacing wit, a contagious sense of ease and a sexy way of busting a move. After big hits with "Grease" and "Urban Cowboy," his career sagged until he rose like a marble-mouthed phoenix in Quentin Tarantino's "Pulp Fiction," after which he earned a reservoir of goodwill in roles that exploited his humility... (San Francisco Chronicle -- Entertainment)

    'Swingtown' harks back to a time when sex was sexy  Jun 5, 2008
    Blame it on the introduction of the curling iron or John Travolta's white suit in "Saturday Night Fever," it was a decade of consumer-driven self-consciousness, which is difficult to capture precisely. While AMC's "Mad Men" has time and nostalgia to sweeten its glamorous evocation of the early 1960s, the '70s are a little too close for comfort. (Los Angeles Times)

    Cannes 2008: Tony Manero Review  May 21, 2008
    UK, May 20, 2008 - Tony Manero is a film about a fifty-something man obsessed with John Travolta's character in Saturday Night Fever, mimicking his mannerisms, his strut and, of course, his hip-swivelling dance moves. Far from being a gentle screwball comedy however, the subject matter could not be more serious. (IGN FilmForce)

    Blood on the beach  May 20, 2008
    Those people probably went to it, as I did, expecting one of those movies about how pop culture can help save your life -- and specifically, in this case, about how a middle-aged Chilean obsessed with impersonating the hero of "Saturday Night Fever" endures the Pinochet dictatorship of the 1970s. This is not one of those movies. (Salon)

    Talk of the Town: Come fly with me! Come fly, let’s fly away!  May 16, 2008
    There is an impressively high quotient of successful and memorable gags (I ve always loved the Saturday Night Fever parody), as well as many hilarious quotes. The great cast includes some veteran straight man actors (Lloyd Bridges, Robert Stack, Peter Graves, Leslie Nielsen) who do marvelous self-parodies, as well as some gag cameos and a number of now-familiar character actors (Nicholas Pryor, Jonathan Banks, James Hong, and others). (Green Valley News & Sun, AZ)

    Yes we Cannes! Indiana Jones meets "Blindness"  May 14, 2008
    And I simply must see Pablo Larra;n's "Tony Manero," a fable of crime, rebellion and repression under the Chilean military dictatorship of the '70s, whose 50ish protagonist yearns to escape into the universe of "Saturday Night Fever." I mean, really, who doesn't. Andrew O'Hehir. (Salon)

    Bee Gee musical to hit stage  May 11, 2008
    Gibb said it was also where they first met actor John Travolta for the making of the film Saturday Night Fever. At Saturday's unveiling Gibb said: "It's very special and more so because of losing Maurice in 2003 my twin brother. The Bee Gees wrote Diana Ross' Chain Reaction in Brook Street "It's an honour to him because he is no longer with us and because it is bringing up memories. (BBC News -- Entertainment)

    Funny Balloons takes 'Manero'  May 5, 2008
    It turns on an off-the-rails, impoverished, imitator of John Travoltas character in Saturday Night Fever, who will go to any lengths to win a dance-like-Travolta TV contest. Pic was produced by Larrains brother, Juan de Dios Larrain, for their Chilean label Fabula, in co-production with Brazils Prodigital. (Variety)

    'American Idol' Recap: David Archuleta Is The One To Beat, But David Hernandez Arrives  Feb 28, 2008
    He should've chosen a song from "Grease" or "Saturday Night Fever" to better highlight the Travolta look. He might not like the nonmusical parts of "Idol," like he stated in his pre-performance clip, but if he wants to be in it for the long haul, he'll need to gain some confidence. (VHI.com -- Music News)

    Remembering some good old days with John Travolta  Feb 24, 2008
    This was before the release of Saturday Night Fever, but Travolta was already a teen heartthrob for his TV persona Vinnie Barbarino, which meant another of Robin's jobs was protecting him from love-struck teeny boppers. Among the other stars Robin dressed that summer were Carol Channing, Van Johnson and Phyllis Diller, who was a fave because she tried out new material on them. (Florida Times-Union)

    Memo to Jumper: Next Time, Flaming Skulls  Feb 19, 2008
    Per Box Office Mojo stats, it is the fourth-biggest opening dance movie ever, if only because tickets for the likes of Saturday Night Fever, Flashdance and Dirty Dancing used to be way cheaper. Hollywood, meanwhile, is hoping its next holiday weekend is a happier one. (E! Online)

    Review: Gyrations galore in 'Step Up' sequel  Feb 15, 2008
    The 410s have Saturday night fever night and day. Their hunger to dance seems to have lowered their libido. (San Francisco Chronicle)

    Unconventional Dates  Feb 14, 2008
    But it's the perfect place to set yourself apart, and to check if you've got chemistry without having to actually "put the moves on." If you're a little more Night at the Roxbury and a little less Saturday Night Fever, you can still impress with this novel date, as it's a no-pressure class. If you've both got two left feet, you've still just had the funniest date of your life. (AZCentral -- Entertainment)

    Berlinale uncovers new Latin talent  Feb 14, 2008
    This features an off-the-rails, impoverished, over-the-hill imitator of John Travoltas character in Saturday Night Fever. . (Variety)

    DiLucca still delighting with dance decades later  Feb 7, 2008
    "The hustle created an incredible surge back around 1973 ... 1982, thanks to 'Saturday Night Fever.' The morning after that movie opened in Philadelphia, I had 33 phone calls asking whether I taught the hustle." Fortunately, DiLucca was ready, willing and able to teach the dance that became John Travolta's signature. She worked out with forward-thinking New York choreographers - "a different breed of cat" - on a continual basis, and those pros had already made her hustle-savvy. (Springfield Sun, PA)

    Travolta shines at Spectacular  Feb 4, 2008
    Flat screen TVs played Saturday Night Fever, and the DJ dropped in a couple tunes from Grease as REO Speedwagon prepared to take the stage. Faulk's involvement might explain the heavy sports turnout. (AZCentral -- Entertainment)

    Rambo proves old soldiers don't die: they make sequels  Jan 27, 2008
    Stallone, who directed John Travolta in the 1983 "Saturday Night Fever" follow-up "Staying Alive", says he now plans to devote his time to film-making. "Acting today on screen is about trying to respond to comic book characters and big-budgeted special effects. "I want to direct heart-warming dramas or an offbeat comedy like that John Landis movie I did 'Oscar. (Sydney Morning Herald -- World)

    The Buzz: Raspberry Jam  Jan 22, 2008
    Granted, he made Pulp Fiction and Saturday Night Fever, but in the face of Battlefield: Earth, Wild Hogs, Staying Alive, Swordfish, all the Look Who s Talking films, Michael, The Boy in the Plastic Bubble and, well, you get the picture. Travolta is a one-man bombsquad of Biblical proportions. (Corvallis Gazette Times, OR)

    KC & The Sunshine Band bound for Chumash concert  Jan 18, 2008
    Over the years, their music went on to be featured in many motion pictures, including Saturday Night Fever and even Forrest Gump, and TV series such as Ally McBeal and Desperate Housewives. The Chumash Casino Resort, on Highway 246 in Santa Ynez, is an age-18-and-older venue. (Lompoc Record, CA)

    Classic albums get another go-round with deluxe reissues  Jan 17, 2008
    The gravy: Celebrating the 30th anniversary of Saturday Night Fever, the two-CD edition includes four feverish Fever remixes and a pair of previously unreleased tracks, Warm Ride and the extended promo version of Stayin' Alive. Foo Fighters, The Colour and the Shape The meat: In May 1997, former Nirvana drummer Dave Grohl and his high-energy band crashed into the mainstream with this breakthrough that includes hits My Hero, Everlong and Monkey Wrench. (USA Today -- Life)

    Dance fever at museum  Jan 13, 2008
    Earlier this week, a debate broke out among museum officials over Riggi's decision to honor Travolta, whose lead role of Tony Manero in the 1977 film "Saturday Night Fever" significantly helped to popularize disco dancing around the world, and made Travolta a household name. But the decision is a symptom of a larger problem, according to Zoppa, who said she quit last month because "quite frankly, the board is out of touch.". (Albany Times Union)

    'Overnighters' pushes thespians to the limit  Jan 9, 2008
    Apparently, McKay was determined to ruin playwright Paul Brynner's career or thought the world needed a play that melds "Saturday Night Fever" with "Chariots of Fire" and sets it on a mountainside. The playwrights rolled with the comic dice they were given and dealt with their inspirational menageries largely by imagining scenarios that bring together unlikely bedfellows, such as the afterlife and the political campaign trail. (Anchorage Daily News)

    Gay actors pigeonholed, Fry says  Jan 9, 2008
    Barrowman, who is about to star in another series of Doctor Who spin-off Torchwood, added: "I remember years ago when Saturday Night Fever was being cast and someone told me it was because I was openly gay that I did not get the part. "But I think that is a bunch of rubbish because I was so not right for that part anyway. If it has affected me in any way, I don't know. (BBC News -- Entertainment)

    ON THE RECORD: Take Flight and the "Sweeney Todd" Soundtrack  Jan 6, 2008
    His work spoke for itself, leading to a busy and lucrative career with titles including "All the President's Men," "The Taking of Pelham 1-2-3," "Norma Rae," "'night, Mother" and "Saturday Night Fever." Still, he has always returned to the theatre, in search of that elusive hit. Shire's collaborator Richard Maltby, Jr., has found considerably more stage success, with not one but two massive smashes. (Playbill.com)

    • 2008 pop culture anniversaries  Jan 3, 2008
    Not even The Beatles ruled the charts like this: Thanks largely to the "Saturday Night Fever" soundtrack, during an eight-month period beginning in the Christmas season of 1977, the brothers Gibb wrote six songs that hit No. 1 for 25 of 32 weeks - three of their own ("How Deep Is Your Love," "Stayin' Alive," "Night Fever"), two for brother Andy "(Love Is) Thicker Than Water," "Shadow Dancing" and one for Yvonne Elliman ("If I Can't Have You"). April 2: "Dallas". (Q13.com, WA)

    Song, score rules constantly in flux  Dec 29, 2007
    One of the biggest scandals in Oscar history occurs when "Saturday Night Fever" fails to receive a single nomination in the music categories, either for song or original song score ... A 1979 L.A. Times story exploring baffling music-branch decisions over the years, especially the "Saturday Night Fever" debacle, adds fuel to the fire. (Variety)

    Travolta cashed-in his male ego for Hairspray  Dec 16, 2007
    Los AngelesDecember 16, 2007. John Travolta as Edna in Hairspray. (The Age, Australia -- Entertainment)

    Click for Full Story  Dec 16, 2007
    In 1977, the movie "Saturday Night Fever," starring John Travolta as a Brooklyn disco dancer, opened in wide release. In 1991, the U.N. General Assembly rescinded its 1975 resolution equating Zionism with racism by a vote of 111-25. (KWTX.com, TX)

    Grab the DVD and compare 'The Office' original to copy  Dec 14, 2007
    At a company event, he even does a "Saturday Night Fever" parody that's great ... Brits: David Brent does an impromptu dance in Season Two that's meant to top the "Saturday Night Fever" turn. (Sioux City Journal, IO)

    Professors Bridge Gap Between ULV Students & L.A. Entertainment Attorneys  Dec 14, 2007
    More recently, the professors called upon Phil Margo of The Tokens (known for its recording of "The Lion Sleeps Tonight"), professional and personal manager Dolores Cantu (who also appeared in Saturday Night Fever) and Newport Beach-based intellectual property law attorney John Connors to talk to ULV students about the realities of a career in entertainment law. Currently, Professors Stuppler and Lipson are planning future installments of "Night at the Movies," monthly social events where ULV... (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)

    Sandy...The Life of a Meth Addict...Part IX  Dec 13, 2007
    She and my sister-in-law were watching Saturday Night Fever and weren't listening to me. I finally had to yell at them, Sandy said. (Gridley Herald, CA)

    Celebs look back on bar mitzvahs in 'Mazel Tov'  Dec 6, 2007
    Piven (who plays agent Ari Gold on HBO's Entourage): "I had a big chubby bar mitzvah boy face and what was bordering on a mullet. I liked the suit. The suit looked great. It was a pinstriped, three-piece suit with the big, wide white collar. I was very into Saturday Night Fever.". Mandel (host of NBC's Deal or No Deal): "I just remember a lot of strangers. I was very short. They said today I'm a man but I didn't have a job. I didn't earn a living. I lived with other people. I shared a room. So... (USA Today -- Life)

    Another View: OK, he wore polyester. But he spoke to us. Still does  Dec 6, 2007
    "Saturday Night Fever," the film that launched John Travolta to superstardom and made the Bee Gees cool will be 30 years old this month ... "Saturday Night Fever" sketched a dark, serious portrait of American life ... "Saturday Night Fever" also revealed a simmering ethnic conflict. (Hanford Sentinal, CA)

    Timely moves  Dec 2, 2007
    And now its Abrahams turn to go ultra-cool in the 1970s, right down to the sideburns, bell-bottoms and the Saturday Night Fever moves. While the film will, in Abrahams words, look with great affection at the 1970s, it isnt set in the movie industry. (The Star Online, Malaysia)

    'Enchanted' by Feet  Nov 29, 2007
    Travolta Trapped: John Just Can't Shake His 'Saturday Night Fever ... He may have gone on to have a very long and lavish movie career after "Saturday Night Fever," but it turns out that John Travolta just cannot give up the gyrations and grinds that sent him soaring some 30 years ago. (Fox News)

    Keep on rolling along  Nov 11, 2007
    It was billed as the 'Saturday Night Fever' of roller skating. It wasn't. (Coos Bay-North Bend The World, OR)

    TV Land Serves up a Hearty Feast of Thanksgiving Programming Beginning Thursday, November 22  Nov 8, 2007
    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
    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)

    Dance floor frenzy  Sep 14, 2007
    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)

    Gotta Dance?  Sep 14, 2007
    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)

    The Guide: 70's double feature  Sep 8, 2007
    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)

    New to DVD: Hot summer sex comedy highlights September releases  Sep 6, 2007
    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)

    COMING TO A LIVING ROOM NEAR YOU  Aug 26, 2007
    "Saturday Night Fever" (Sept. 18): A 30th-anniversary edition of the John Travolta disco classic. (New York Post -- Entertainment)

    Musical allure  Aug 24, 2007
    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)

    Like Rocky Horror, but for kids  Aug 14, 2007
    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)

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