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Fast Forward WATCH: First Sneak Peek At ‘Dirty Dancing’ Remake
Get ready to have the time of your life…again. On May 24th, a “Dirty Dancing” reboot is making its way to ABC, complete with a star-studded cast, red hot moves and so much 80’s stretch pants. Abigail Breslin will be stepping into Jennifer Grey’s dancing shoes as Baby Houseman, Debra Messing as her mother Marjorie,…
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The Schmooze Kutsher’s Will Be Reincarnated as Catskills Yoga Retreat
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Culture The Not-So-Dirty ‘Dirty Dancing’ Story
In the mid-1980s, Eleanor Bergstein returned to Grossinger’s Resort in the Catskills, where she had vacationed as a child during its heyday, to research her screenplay for “Dirty Dancing.” One night, she got a call from Hollywood. “While I was on the phone,” she told the Forward, “the operator broke in and said: ‘You better…
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Life ‘Dirty Dancing’ Remake: Keep Baby Jewish
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