SNL plans 'savage' Olbermann skit... Nov 1, 2008
Michael Calderone's Blog: Olbermann crashes SNL set - Politico. I m not Sarah Palin, Olbermann said. (The Drudge Report)
Culture Club Jul 1, 2008
Put it another way: if watching Cyd Charisse in The Band Wagon doesn t turn you on, it s time for the monastery ... I think I need to watch the Dancing in the Dark number from The Band Wagon right away. (The Palm Beach Post)
Stars come out for City Ballet's Summer Intensive classes Jun 30, 2008
Page made a splash at the Globe earlier this year as the egocentric director Jeffrey Cordova in Dancing in the Dark, Douglas Carter Beane's adaptation of the 1953 movie musical The Band Wagon (which, coincidentally, also starred Astaire). Previously, he starred on Broadway in the Globe-sprung Dr. Seuss' How the Grinch Stole Christmas. (San Diego Union-Tribune)
Critic's Corner Friday Jun 27, 2008
It's followed by the movie that's probably her best showcase, The Band Wagon (10 ET/7 PT), and a film that gave her one of her biggest roles, Silk Stockings (midnight ET/9 PT). A graceful, gracious screen presence, Charisse didn't sing and never claimed to be a great actress. (USA Today -- Life)
Quiz show casting in San Diego Jun 21, 2008
The tribute will include Singin' in the Rain (5 p.m.), The Band Wagon (7 p.m.) and Silk Stockings (9 p.m.). Charisse died Tuesday in Los Angeles at age 86. (San Diego Union-Tribune)
I deserve same health care as everyone else Jun 20, 2008
Healthcare Rules wrote on Jun 18, 2008 5:42 PM:" For the people who want Canada's health care....please do research on what they offer first. Who gets the new heart: 65 year old grandpa or 12 year old little Timmy. I bet grandpa's family disagrees when he's denied!! I guess some people in this country wants quantity, not quality. Please research before speaking...don't just jump on the band wagon. If France's way of life appeals to you, you know what they say about the door hitting something on... (Munster Times, IN)
From ballet to movies, Cyd Charisse was a cool classic Jun 19, 2008
After that it was more Astaire ("The Band Wagon," "Silk Stockings") and more Kelly ("Brigadoon," "It's Always Fair Weather"), and a 60-year marriage to singer Tony Martin, who survives her ... It will include "Singin' in the Rain" (1952), "The Band Wagon" (1953), and "Silk Stockings" (1957). (Boston Globe)
* World News Quick Take Jun 19, 2008
A year later, she secured her first leading role in the musical comedy The Band Wagon opposite Astaire. UNITED STATES Girl chases lemonade thief. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)
Cyd Charisse, 86, starred in MGM musicals Jun 19, 2008
Classically trained, she could dance anything, from a pas de deux in 1946's "Ziegfeld Follies" to the lowdown Mickey Spillane satire of 1956's "The Band Wagon" (with Astaire). She also forged a popular song-and-dance partnership on television and in nightclub appearances with her husband, singer Tony Martin. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
Cyd Charisse, partner for Fred Astaire and Gene Kelly in MGM musicals Jun 19, 2008
Cyd Charisse, the leggy beauty whose balletic grace made her a memorable partner for Fred Astaire and Gene Kelly in classic MGM musicals like "Singin' in the Rain," "The Band Wagon" and "Brigadoon," died Tuesday in Los Angeles ... A year later, "The Band Wagon" brought Charisse her first leading role. (International Herald Tribune)
Cyd Charisse: Sylph or siren, the legs have it Jun 19, 2008
Cyd Charisse with Fred Astaire in what Ms. Charisse said was her favorite musical number, the "Dancing in the Dark" sequence in "The Band Wagon" (1953) (Everett Collection). AN APPRAISAL. (International Herald Tribune -- Arts)
Cyd Charisse, 86; her dancing and glamour lit up movie screens Jun 18, 2008
Fred Astaire and Cyd Charisse danced in the 1953 film "The Band Wagon." He said she was "beautiful dynamite" on screen ... In "The Band Wagon" (1953), they danced to the music of "Dancing in the Dark" on a set that looked like New York City's Central Park. (Boston Globe)
Cyd Charisse dead at 86 Jun 18, 2008
She became a staple in movie musicals throughout the 1940s and 1950s, appearing alongside Fred Astaire and Gene Kelly in films like Ziegfeld Follies, The Band Wagon, Silk Stockings and Brigadoon. She retired from dancing in the late 1950s to become a straight actress. (WOKR13 Rochester)
'Million Dollar Legs' Actress Cyd Charisse Dies Jun 18, 2008
She got to play Kelly's leading lady in Vincente Minnelli's Brigadoon and partnered with Fred Astaire in The Band Wagon and Silk Stockings before the studios pulled the plug on big budget musicals. Charisse went to France to produce her last musical - "Les Collants Noirs" - before moving on to a series of less satisfying dramatic roles. (Sky News)
'Beautiful dynamite' Jun 18, 2008
Classically trained, she could dance anything, from a pas de deux in 1946s Ziegfeld Follies to the lowdown Mickey Spillane satire of 1953s The Band Wagon (with Astaire) ... Praise from Fred AstaireAstaire, who danced with her in The Band Wagon and Silk Stockings, said of Charisse in a 1983 interview: She wasnt a tap dancer, shes just beautiful, trained, very strong in whatever we did. (MSNBC -- News)
Dancer Cyd Charisse, 86, danced her way into film history Jun 18, 2008
Charisse proved her versatility, dancing anything from a pas de deux in Follies to a detective send-up in 1953's The Band Wagon. Her steamy turn in Singin' in the Rain elevated her to co-star status opposite Gene Kelly in 1954's Brigadoon and Fred Astaire in The Band Wagon and 1957's Silk Stockings ... The Band Wagon: "We got away with murder in those days, because it was dance," said Cyd Charisse, performing with co-star Fred Astaire. (USA Today -- Life)
Obituary: Cyd Charisse Jun 18, 2008
Cyd Charisse danced with Fred Astaire and Gene Kelly in some of Hollywood's finest musicals - The Band Wagon and Silk Stockings with Astaire, and Singin' in the Rain and Brigadoon with Gene Kelly ... She worked with the sometimes rough and always demanding Kelly again in Brigadoon and partnered Fred Astaire in The Band Wagon and her favourite film, Silk Stockings. (BBC News -- Entertainment)
Cyd Charisse, 86, silken dancer of the movies, dies Jun 18, 2008
The Associated Press Cyd Charisse with Fred Astaire in "The Band Wagon" (1953) ... Cyd Charisse, the leggy beauty whose balletic grace made her a memorable partner for Fred Astaire and Gene Kelly in classic MGM musicals like "Singin' in the Rain," "The Band Wagon" and "Brigadoon," died on Tuesday in Los Angeles ... A year later, "The Band Wagon" brought Charisse her first leading role. (International Herald Tribune)
"Survivor" All-Stars Ready for Battle Jun 18, 2008
To movie musical fans, Charisse will be remembered for joining Kelly in the famous "Broadway Melody" dream sequence from Singin' in the Rain, and for taking on hard-boiled detectives with Astaire in "The Girl Hunt" number from The Band Wagon. filed under. (Yahoo News -- Survivor)
Congolese mourn their Rumba king Jun 18, 2008
In the early days when Madilu system came we had a young girl who use to dance Madilu's music so frantically that she was named "Madilu System and she grew up to be known by that name and so Madilu still lives amongst us.Peter and Mary, Kampata Uganda He was one of the best legends in rumba, Congo has ever produced. His voice, composition of songs, sense of humour, and main ideas of songs can tell how much we will miss him. It is surely hard to acquire such a musician in our modern world! Que... (Yahoo News -- DR Congo)
Editor’s Mailbag (May 30) Jun 5, 2008
Christa wrote on Jun 2, 2008 9:29 AM:" Bill, you are kind of half right. Do some more research and you will find out why our current so-called conservative government and its cheerleaders had to rebrand the National Sozialisten as left wing.Yes, they called themselves National Sozialisten. Their actions proofed otherwise. Initially they needed to persuade the German workers to join the party; before party affiliation became mandatory. That was the reason socialist was thrown in the mix.Once in... (Albany Democrat-Herald, OR)
Rage-inducing college football predictions | Mark Bradley Jun 1, 2008
2 things we can count on- Bradley jumping on and off the band wagon (except Ga. he is always on theirs it seems) and Terence always finding a way to criticize the white guy and praise the black (how do they say it) dude. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Travel)
Indiana Jones: Smart, Sleek, Familiar May 24, 2008
But it wouldn't be the '50s without Commies, in the chic person of Irina Spalko (played by Blanchett with the severe demeanor of Cyd Charisse's Ninotchka in the 1957 MGM musical Silk Stockings and the black bob Charisse sports in The Band Wagon). Rather than the simple matter of conquering the West militarily, Irina is part of a Soviet plot to cloud our minds by getting access to some secret technology that is concealed either in an Area 51 warehouse or in the remotest jungle mountains of Peru. (Time.com)
Tipton alderman upset over handling of drug cases May 8, 2008
getyasome wrote on May 7, 2008 11:09 PM:" there is to much covering up, too much favoritism, to much sitting around doing nothing but collecting a county paycheck. one of the best things that could happen to this county is to replace gump with mr. wenzer!!! in closing, to all of you whom have jumped on the band wagon and chose to believe we dont have a problem, what are ya gonna think when your child, grandchildren, etc... come home one night all strung out on meth? will it be a problem to you... (Jefferson City News Tribune, MO)
Bright future for a real team May 5, 2008
Being a die hard Celtics fans and despite what your litte man Bibby thinks I did not jump on the band wagon ... Being a die hard Celtics fans and despite what your litte man Bibby thinks I did not jump on the band wagon ... Being a die hard Celtics fans and despite what your litte man Bibby thinks I did not jump on the band wagon. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
Airlines Charging More for Baggage May 5, 2008
"Pretty soon everyone will. As soon as one does, they all jump on the band wagon," said Susan Keith of V.I.P. Travel Service. Keith says since most travelers only check one bag, the new policy is more of an annoyance than anything else. (R News)
Patrick Page to tear a page out of Astaire's book in 'Pleasure' May 5, 2008
Like that show, adapted by Douglas Carter Beane from the film The Band Wagon, The Pleasure of His Company has ties to a movie starring Astaire. Page plays Biddeford Pogo Poole, a long-straying playboy who reappears just in time for the wedding of his daughter, who hasn't seen him in 15 years. (San Diego Union-Tribune)
A Clockwork Orange: Dual Finality Mar 18, 2008
Additional chapter provides incite to Burgess' design, but may leave long time fans feeling a bit thrown off the band wagon. Anthony Burgess most famous work is better known for it s film adaptation by the now legendary director Stanley Kubrick. (Suite101.com)
Globe's 'Dancing' finds its comedic rhythm Mar 16, 2008
It works in good measure because Beane has done something stunning with Betty Comden and Adolph Green's screenplay to the 1953 backstage musical The Band Wagon : made sense of it ... Because of studio complications, the duo behind Singin' in the Rain never got to finish the Band Wagon script, so the last part of the Vincente Minnelli-directed movie wound up a mishmash of production numbers set to the tunes of composer Arthur Schwartz and lyricist Howard Dietz ( Dancing in the Dark among them). (San Diego Union-Tribune)
Not willing to pay for patience Mar 15, 2008
I do not want to see all you haters jumping on the band wagon. By Big Rich. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Sports)
Jumping on 'The Band Wagon' Mar 10, 2008
Jumping on 'The Band Wagon ... The adaptation of the 1953 movie "The Band Wagon" stars Scott Bakula (photo below) in a role originally played by Fred Astaire ... Now, for the Old Globe, Beane has adapted another movie musical, Vincente Minnelli's 1953 The Band Wagon. (San Diego Union-Tribune)
John Gruen memoir hotly anticipated Jan 29, 2008
RECENTLY I watched the great Fred Astaire classic "The Band Wagon" and then I happened on the black and white "Ziegfeld Girl." So I got a load of two of my favorites from Hollywood's golden age -- Cyd Charisse and Tony Martin. These two celebrate a 60th wedding anniversary this year. (Variety)
Music And Lubitsch Jan 27, 2008
The peculiar entry in the Eclipse series - but welcome for its very strangeness - is "Monte Carlo" (1930), with the young MacDonald, charming as ever, paired with Jack Buchanan, the British stage star remembered by Americans today mainly for playing the zany director in the Fred Astaire film "The Band Wagon" (1953). Buchanan looks like a sneaky servant more than a leading man, and his pairing with MacDonald is downright bizarre. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Entertainment)
'Seven Brides' choreographer dies Dec 26, 2007
He also directed dances for Danny Kaye in "Knock on Wood," took Fred Astaire out of his top hat to play a private eye in a Mickey Spillane spoof in "The Band Wagon," and taught Marlon Brando how to hoof for "Guys and Dolls.". There is no Oscar category for choreography, so the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences presented Kidd with a special in 1997 for "his services in the art of the in the art of the screen.". (CNN -- Showbiz)
Michael Kidd, 92; inventive choreographer for Broadway, Hollywood Dec 25, 2007
He created a magical dance through Central Park by Fred Astaire and Cyd Charisse in "The Band Wagon" (1953) and the inspired lunacy of Danny Kaye's escape into a Russian ballet in "Knock on Wood" (1954). The pinnacle of his film career was the exuberant barn-raising dance for "Seven Brides for Seven Brothers" (1954), in which he employed top ballet dancers to play wood-chopping country bumpkins in search of mates. (Los Angeles Times)
MADD wants Sutherland pulled from Ford ads Dec 8, 2007
Booking photo released by the Glendale Police Department shows Kiefer Sutherland in Glendale, Calif. Dec. 7 2007 7:29 PM ET. (CTV.ca)
Wal-Mart answers, ‘Why Wellsville?’ Nov 20, 2007
wal mart shopper wrote on Nov 16, 2007 8:15 AM:" Here the choice, min. wage vs welfare. Let the welfare system and tax payers support your nieghbors or let they work and help support themselves. Let them pay for some support. They will still recieve help but at a lower level this can only improve thier life, and thats only the ones who want to be produtive in our county. How will creating jobs hurt us. Growth is a part of this great Nation, where would we be with out it...Still using the pony... (Wellsville Daily Reporter, NY)
There might be 'Dancing' in the aisles Nov 5, 2007
Instead of The Band Wagon, the show written by Douglas Carter Beane, with direction by Gary Griffin, will be called Dancing in the Dark. The new musical, set to open in early March, is set to the Schwartz and Dietz tunes that made the MGM movie with Fred Astaire and Cyd Charisse so tunefully popular. (San Diego Union-Tribune)
Heather Mills interview Transcript Nov 1, 2007
Everyone has jumped on the band wagon. My sister was crying her eyes out because that awful Jordan and Peter Andre did a joke on Sunday and I ve had six amputee girls crying their eyes out because they re getting bullied at school because people are joking about the loss of my limb. (Times Online)
S.D. smoking legislation promised Oct 4, 2007
Band wagon wrote on Oct 2, 2007 9:25 AM:" What's next? People that are overwieght put my health at risk because they could fall on me and crush and kill me. Let's put a limit on how much people eat, I say all waiters and waitresses must walk around with body fat callipers and measure people to decide what they can and can't eat at all restaraunts, also scales in all chairs would work too. Obesity is a huge health issue in the country as well, why not get on the band wagon to make these people... (Rapid City Journal, SD)
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)
Congolese mourn 'Rumba king' Aug 24, 2007
In the early days when Madilu system came we had a young girl who use to dance Madilu's music so frantically that she was named "Madilu System and she grew up to be known by that name and so Madilu still lives amongst us.Peter and Mary, Kampata Uganda He was one of the best legends in rumba, Congo has ever produced. His voice, composition of songs, sense of humour, and main ideas of songs can tell how much we will miss him. It is surely hard to acquire such a musician in our modern world! Que... (BBC News -- Africa)
Michael Moore makes CNN blush Jul 22, 2007
" seems to be as biased as CNN was. Odd to cover a news article about the media making a mistake with a line that seems intended to bias the reader against Mr. Moore. Jason wrote on July 19, 2007 at 1:40:09 PM Let me guess Vanessa C your a Republican.Please jump off the band wagon!! Darcy_Nevs wrote on July 19, 2007 at 1:43:48 PM Living in Canada yea we pay more taxes but going towards paying for health, which is much better then the States, but there still is much improvement to be done such as... (CTV.ca)
Playstation 3 outselling Wii, Xbox 360 in Australia: Sony director Jul 1, 2007
we all jump on the band wagon once it's rolling. If the appeal of the wii is more widely spread then it will keep up it's appeal. (Canada.com)
Linda Ronstadt follows her heart' May 24, 2007
You released an album of songs from the Great American Songbook way before other Pop stars started jumping on the band wagon. How did that come about. (Desert Entertainer, CA)
Wallace: Hamas Mouse Coverage May 16, 2007
Even MSNBCs Keith Olbermann, normally a thorn in the side of Bill OReilly and a voice of reason, jumped on the band wagon. Keith almost never covers the Israel Palestine conflict. (Zmag.org)
Old Globe schedules 'Band Wagon' May 14, 2007
A new stage adaptation of the 1953 MGM musical "The Band Wagon" -- with a book by Douglas Carter Beane ("The Little Dog Laughed") -- is among the world preems on the slate for the 2007-08 season at the Old Globe in San Diego. Beane adapts the screenplay by Betty Comden and Adolph Green, with Gary Griffin ("The Color Purple") directing. (Variety)
Timken on lookout for new director Jan 22, 2007
8 and 11); The Band Wagon (1953) with Fred Astaire, Cyd Charisse and Jack Buchanan (Feb. 15 and 18); and The Wizard of Oz (1939), starring Judy Garland, Ray Bolger and Bert Lahr (Feb. (San Diego Union-Tribune)
Big Pictures Jan 1, 2007
From 1953, we remember From Here to Eternity and The Band Wagon and maybe The Big Heat, but not The Redhead from Wyoming or Guerrilla Girl. For most people, memory itself is a kind of revival house in which only the most vivid things survive. (New Yorker)
