Adele had been the first to be sent to dance school, and Fred, as Riley notes, “literally followed in her footsteps.” Driven by their instructor’s -enthusiasm over the siblings’ “gift,” Mrs. Astaire ...

I get asked how I come up with column topics. Fred Astaire starred in the 1970 Christmas TV special “Santa Claus Is Coming to Town” as the mailman narrator, who Hallmark depicted in a 2004 ornament.

It was the Great Depression and movie goers flocked to theaters just to get a few hours of escapism, which is exactly what they got on December 29, 1933 with what turned out to be the very beginning ...

Adele's life brightened during World War II, when Col. Kingman Douglass, who was with U.S. Air Force Intelligence, set her up entertaining troops. Signing autographs, "Adele Astaire, Fred's Sister," ...

NEW YORK — Director-choreographer-dancer Tommy Tune will receive a lifetime achievement honor at the 2008 Fred & Adele Astaire Awards. Tune, 69, who has won nine Tony Awards, will direct Turn of the ...

Here are 6 dance movies that will make you want to start taking dance lessons. Fred Astaire, who epitomized Hollywood elegance, dancing in a top hat and tails with Ginger Rogers and other stars, was ...