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When dancers of the New York City Ballet grace the stage at Lincoln Center for this year's fall gala Thursday night, they'll be wearing extraordinary costumes by Valentino — and not many people can say that these days.

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After the ‘deluge’ of foreign Valentine acts, one more is coming up and he’s none other than Don McLean (photo) who is performing in A Starry, Starry Night with Don McLean at the Araneta Coliseum on March 2.

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The apparently endless market for images of Marilyn Monroe now extends to inside the bombshell's body.

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Yes, Bing Crosby sings songs written by Irving Berlin in Blue Skies (1946), all 32 of them, with Fred Astaire dancing to the tune of Puttin’ on the Ritz. Both guys duet on A Couple of Songs and Dance Men.

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For designer entrepreneur Timmy Ang and his clothing label Dean and Trent, the geek has finally taken the spotlight… and a lil’ sexy back.

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Yesterday morning, CNN ran, among other things, an old Jackson 5 clip of I Want You Back.

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But it wasn’t in a ballroom where Tokuyama whirled and twirled. It was in the ring where Astaire never belonged.

Poor challenger Gerry Peñalosa was reduced to an unwilling dancing partner. Tokuyama unraveled a hit-and-run routine that left the Filipino southpaw–desperately trying to make a fight of it–chasing shadows for 12 dull rounds. [DatePublished] => 2001-09-26 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 135698 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804869 [AuthorName] => Joaquin M. Henson [SectionName] => Sports [SectionUrl] => sports [URL] => ) ) )
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When dancers of the New York City Ballet grace the stage at Lincoln Center for this year's fall gala Thursday night, they'll be wearing extraordinary costumes by Valentino — and not many people can say that these days.

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After the ‘deluge’ of foreign Valentine acts, one more is coming up and he’s none other than Don McLean (photo) who is performing in A Starry, Starry Night with Don McLean at the Araneta Coliseum on March 2.

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Yes, Bing Crosby sings songs written by Irving Berlin in Blue Skies (1946), all 32 of them, with Fred Astaire dancing to the tune of Puttin’ on the Ritz. Both guys duet on A Couple of Songs and Dance Men.

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But it wasn’t in a ballroom where Tokuyama whirled and twirled. It was in the ring where Astaire never belonged.

Poor challenger Gerry Peñalosa was reduced to an unwilling dancing partner. Tokuyama unraveled a hit-and-run routine that left the Filipino southpaw–desperately trying to make a fight of it–chasing shadows for 12 dull rounds. [DatePublished] => 2001-09-26 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 135698 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804869 [AuthorName] => Joaquin M. Henson [SectionName] => Sports [SectionUrl] => sports [URL] => ) ) )
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