...wants to sit still, to be left alone, and be numb. " Lester was an entertainer from primary school onwards - aged six, he was copying Michael Jackson dance routines, he says. Growing up in Birmingham , he honed his talents in his local...

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... Hudson 's Oscar -winning turn in the 2006 movie adaptation, Mercado is singing and dancing on Broadway! The show's co-choreographer, Shane Sparks , talked to Usmagazine.com about Mercado's theater debut, adding that her turn on American...

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...from speedy recoveries, Inaba plans to be back on her feet in no time. Along with fellow cofounders Katie Holmes , Nigel Lythgoe and Adam Shankman , she plans to be in attendance at the Dizzy Feet Foundation 's Celebration of Dance fundraiser...

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Dancing With the Stars judge Carrie Ann Inaba tells PEOPLE she is scheduled to have surgery Wednesday morning in Los Angeles to relieve pressure and stiffness in her neck caused by spinal stenosis. "I have arthritis. The space around my...

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... Brittany Talarico There has been much speculation on who will replace Oprah Winfrey as the queen of the daytime talk show. Paula Abdul wants to be in the running. "I have really great ideas," Paula tells Extra yesterday from her...

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...within a constantly moving mass-is definitive of Fela 's music and movement as well. But if Jones boldly presents Fela the legend, he plainly avoids Fela the man. (The book is written by Jones and Jim Lewis.) One can understand why:...

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... Will Smith and Jada Pinkett Smith - you will be by the time Tony Award nominations are announced. You'll also be hearing a lot about Bill T. Jones , Fela!'s director, choreographer and co-librettist. Already a Tony winner for Awakening,...

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...renditions of many of his Afrobeat hits (in necessarily truncated form). The show may dwell at length on his political travails -- he was arrested on numerous occasions and was imprisoned, and his elderly mother died from injuries...

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...his lithe elegance and slender build. Known as a proudly experimental choreographer who explores complex themes in his dance, he is gingerly feeling his way in a more traditional medium. "I'm trying to make a good show that appeals...

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...broadcaster. She compares herself to Selina Scott and Moira Stewart and former Strictly Come Dancing presenter Arlene Phillips , who she says were all 'targeted for removal'. Miss Aziz and Mr Scott presented the nightly news programme at...

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...stage a dozen years after his death from an AIDS-related illness. "But I was also afraid of him as a subject of a popular work," Jones adds. "I just didn't think that a white middle-class audience would be interested in a story of an...

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...by Stephen Hendel , who is the show's lead producer. "He was obsessed with Fela's music, and asked me to develop a treatment," said Jones , who brought writer Jim Lewis into the project. If the show were to have the size that Jones...

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...struggling channel. She claims that she, fellow female newsreaders Selina Scott and Moira Stewart and former Strictly Come Dancing presenter Arlene Phillips were all "targeted for removal". Miss Aziz wants compensation for loss of...

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...performance episode. The following night, the lowest vote getter is eliminated during a live results show. The So You Think You Can Dance judges are: A rotating group of choreographers including Mia Michaels , Wade Robson , and Shane Sparks.

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Director Kenny Ortega on Michael Jackson's Film By Bryan Alexander / Los Angeles Monday, Oct. 26, 2009 Director Kenny Ortega with Michael Jackson during a rehearsal for the "This Is It" tour in Burbank , Calif. , on May 6, 2009 John...

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Ms Phillips ' career has flourished since she left Strictly Come Dancing Former Strictly Come Dancing judge Arlene Phillips is to become a director of Sadler's Wells theatre, the choreographer has revealed. Ms Phillips, whose dismissal...

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Doubters might have predicted an early retirement for Arlene Phillips after she was ungraciously dropped as a judge on the BBC 's Strictly Come Dancing. But yesterday she cemented what can only be described as an extraordinary career...

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...Hi. I just wanted to say that I had the opportunity to see the movie on Friday. And what I learned about Michael Jackson was how humble he seemed to be. And I mean that because when watching the movie, there was something that wasn't the way...

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