One of the most incredible things ever captured on film: Fred Astaire and Eleanor Powell doing "Begin the Beguine," from *Broadway Melody of 1940.* Tap tap tap!
Composer David Del Tredici died the other day at the age of 86. He won the Pulitzer Prize for music in 1980 for "In Memory of a Summer Day," part one of Child Alice. He wrote many pieces inspired by A
The Best Actress winner for 2000 was Julia Roberts for Erin Brockovich. That performance was a beguiling mixture of diva and mensch so instead I'm going to focus on two other Best Acrtess nominees tha