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.

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 ...