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Gregg Smith, an actor and dancer whose three-decade collaboration with director and choreographer Kenny Ortega included casting dancers for such films and TV productions as Dirty Dancing, Newsies, Hocus Pocus, Ferris Bueller’s Day Off, Pretty in Pink, To Wong Fu, Thanks For Everything! Julie Newmar and various Oscar…

The NBA Playoffs had a night off on Wednesday but there was a lot of action on the television court with finales for Empire (2.4/9), Arrow (0.6/2), Survivor (1.9/8), Shots Fired (0.9/4), The 100 (0.3/1) and Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (1.3/5) on the last official day of this year's season. With explosions…

ABC has set its midseason premiere dates, slotting miniseries When We Rise, drama series Time After Time,  comedy Imaginary Mary, event movie Dirty Dancing, as well as returning drama series The Catch and American Crime, and the spring returns of Once Upon A Time and Designated Survivor. New comedy Downward Dog…

Sons of Anarchy alum Katey Sagal has joined the cast of ABC's three-hour remake of Dirty Dancing. She will play “bungalow bunny” Vivian Pressman, a former beauty queen who likes to seduce younger male staff members like Johnny (Colt Prattes) at the Kellerman resort. Recently divorced and fabulously wealthy, Vivian…

Trevor Einhorn has joined the cast of ABC’s three-hour remake of Dirty Dancing. He will play Neil Kellerman, heir to the Kellerman resort in the Catskills where the early 1960s-set story takes place. Neil, played by Lonny Price in the 1987 original movie, is skinny, awkward and tightly wound. But what he lacks in…

EXCLUSIVE: Actor-dancer-choreographer Beau “Casper” Smart (Step Up 3D) has been cast as Billy Kotsecki in Dirty Dancing, ABC's three-hour remake of the hit Patrick Swayze-Jennifer Grey movie. The role was played by Neal Jones in the original film. In addition, J. Quinton Johnson has signed on as Marco, the lead singer…

Dirty Dancing has found its bandleader. Star Wars‘ Billy Dee Williams has been cast as Tito in Dirty Dancing, ABC's three-hour remake of the hit Patrick Swayze-Jennifer Grey movie. The role was played by Charles ‘Honi’ Coles in the original film. Like the 1987 feature, ABC's Dirty Dancing movie centers on Baby…

In a dash of corporate synergy, ABC’s Modern Family co-star Sarah Hyland has been cast as Lisa Houseman opposite Abigail Breslin’s Baby in Dirty Dancing, the network's three-hour remake of the hit Patrick Swayze-Jennifer Grey movie. The Lisa role was played by Jane Brucker in the original film. Like the 1987 feature…

Johnny has found his dance partner. Nicole Scherzinger has been cast as Penny, Johnny’s (Cole Prattes) dance partner in ABC/Lionsgate TV's Dirty Dancing, taking on the role played by Cynthia Rhodes in the original film. Like the 1987 Patrick Swayze-Jennifer Grey feature, ABC's three-hour Dirty Dancing movie centers on…

EXCLUSIVE: After a very lengthy talent search, dancer/actor Colt Prattes (Rock of Ages) has landed the male lead in ABC/Lionsgate TV’s Dirty Dancing, taking on the iconic Johnny role played by Patrick Swayze in the original film. Like the 1987 Swayze-Jennifer Grey feature, ABC’s three-hour Dirty Dancing movie centers…

ABC comedy The Goldbergs has set its Season Three 1980s movie homage episode, which will focus on the 1987 hit Dirty Dancing. The selection comes just as ABC is heading to production on a three-hour contemporary remake of the romantic classic, with Abigail Breslin playing Baby and Debra Messing as her mom. The Goldberg…

The Mysteries Of Laura star Debra Messing is set to co-star as Marjorie opposite Abigail Breslin’s Baby in ABC’s three-hour remake of the hit Patrick Swayze-Jennifer Grey movie. The project’s green light had been contingent on casting both roles, so the contingency officially has been lifted. Emmy winner Messing…