Kenny Ortega

A producer of Michael Jackson’s “This Is It” concert series said the singer was so gaunt, she feared he was dying, she testified in court. Alif Sankey told a jury Wednesday in the Jackson family’s wrongful death suit against...

Apr 26 (TheWrap.com) - Jeff Benson, co-head of Paradigm's TV literary division and agent to "24" co-creator Joel Surnow, will be leaving the agency, according to an email from Paradigm Chairman & CEO Sam Goes obtained by TheWrap.  Benson joined Paradigm...

Welcome to our first live show of the season. Cat is shiny in gold. I won't lie -- I look forward to seeing what she's wearing each week.  Since we're only getting one show a week this season, I was worried we wouldn't get the group numbers we used to...

Ballet is all over TV this season, from ABC Family's "Bunheads" created by Amy Sherman-Palladino, to the CW's reality show “Breaking Pointe,” a peek behind the scenes of Salt Lake City’s celebrated Ballet West and Nickelodeon's "Dance...

'Sparkle,' starring Whitney Houston, is set for August 17 but could be moved up in the wake of the singer's death...

Frozen turkey may be contaminated with salmonella, officials warn A day after one of the nation's largest food recalls, federal health officials warned the public that frozen turkey bought weeks or even months ago and stored in a home freezer could be...

Get ready to have the ‘time of your life’ all over again.   Lionsgate has just announced it will remake the 1987 classic film “Dirty Dancing,” starring Patrick Swayze and Jennifer Grey. Kenny Ortega, who choreographed the original...

Patrick Swayze's widow, Lisa Niemi, helped unveil a wax figure of her late husband in Hollywood this week. Swayze widow Lisa Niemi found the ceremony bittersweet. Patrick Swayze, who died in 2009, is captured as his Johnny Castle character from "Dirty...

Chenoweth will perform both Monday and Tuesday. She will sing "Maybe This Time" and "I Could Have Danced All Night" on Monday. She returns Tuesday to deliver "Lessons Learned" from her new album, "Some Lessons Learned."...

Kenny Ortega gave up on “Footloose,” so Craig Brewer ended up remaking it, Southernizing it and doing a decent job with it. Now the director of “High School Musical” is going after another beloved-but-bad '80s dance picture. &#...

He choreographed the original “Dirty Dancing” back in 1987.  Kenny Ortega's “Newsies,” which he directed and choreographed, became a benchmark Disney flop, leading to years in the wilderness.Lots of episodic TV, the occasional...

Tonight is the performance finale of this season of So You Think You Can Dance, and it’s a finale of another sort as well. This week, we’re closing up shop at Reality Check. It’s been a crazy 5.5 years......