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...parent company Disney are being accused of selling out journalism itself - all for negotiating with the late-night talk-show host to jump from CBS and replace Ted Koppel. (Letterman draws younger viewers and so more advertiser's dollars, whereas news programs are traditionally a magnet for Metamucil ads.) The news sent New York's chattering class into a frenzy; as of this writing, this national crisis has prompted three front-page New York Times articles, and counting...
...documentary efficiently, handsomely lays out the Kelly story. In brief: Eugene Curran Kelly was born in Pittsburgh on August 23, 1912. He was already a teenager when his brother Fred, four years younger, taught him to tap dance. The family opening two dancing schools, tutoring the locals and occasionally serving as a "dance doctor" to vaudevillians passing through town. Even when he was green, even with his loving folks, Gene could drive a hard bargain. Since he was the driving force of the family enterprise, he fought for his name above the title - Gene Kelly Studios of Dance...
...Astaire?s achievement can be considered alone; he?s solus rex. But Kelly, more than any top Hollywood star I can think of, cannot be discussed without reference to another star; he must be appraised in relation, or opposition, to Astaire. Kelly was the younger brother, way brasher, more overtly ambitious, letting the steel and sweat show - Gene was No. 2, he had to try harder. Fred was No. 1 with a ballet. And in American movie dance, there was no third...
...perhaps the younger brother will follow in his friend’s footsteps. McCarthy was adopted at birth and says that this aspect of his identity made his relationship with Green a priority in his life. Green says he now hopes to serve as a mentor and “McCarthy figure” for his year-and-a-half old godson...
...released “Evolve!” on CD as a benefit for CityYear, a national service organization. She says the song “summarizes” her book, Evolve!: Succeeding in the Digital Culture of Tomorrow, and makes the themes of the book accessible to younger students. There is no specific book to anchor or inspire the debut of Fletcher University Professor Cornel R. West ’74 on the rap scene, which is reputedly part of what made University President Lawrence H. Summers so angry. But at least West has more than one song...