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Lionsgate Announces ‘Dirty Dancing’ Remake

It was the movie that shaped a generation: out in 1987 and starring the late Patrick Swayze and Jennifer Grey as the star-crossed lovers come together in dance, “Dirty Dancing” proved the biggest sleeper hit at the time. It is now being remade by Lionsgate, under the direction of Kenny Ortega.The ori...

9 August 2011
03:12 GMT

Patrick Swayze Was Horrible When Drunk, Lisa Niemi Says

In September 2009, actor Patrick Swayze passed away from pancreatic cancer. He was only 57 years old and he left behind his wife of 34 years, Lisa Niemi. Until now, she has rarely spoken out about life with Patrick and what it was like to lose him, but she’s now opening up about his battle with alcoholism in a ...

9 April 2010
03:06 GMT

Lisa Niemi Talks Pain of Losing Husband Patrick Swayze

This week at Women’s Conference 2009, during a talk on Grief, Healing and Resilience, Lisa Niemi, Patrick Swayze’s wife of 34 years, opened for the first time since the actor’s death on what losing him meant for her. Struggling to keep back the tears, Niemi said that grief was like “an animal&...

28 October 2009
08:21 GMT

‘I’m a Dead Man,’ Patrick Swayze Wrote in His Memoir

“I’m a dead man” was Patrick Swayze’s first thought when he was told for the first time that he had pancreatic cancer, as the actor himself revealed in his tell-all memoir “The Time of My Life,” out today, September 29. Still, he did not stop there to fall prey to desperation and s...

29 September 2009
11:14 GMT

Patrick Swayze’s Tell-All Memoir Comes on September 29

“Dirty Dancing” and “Ghost” star Patrick Swayze died quietly in his wife’s arms at the family home a few days ago after an almost two-year-long battle with pancreatic cancer. His tell-all memoir, written with the help of high-school sweetheart and wife Lisa Niemi, “The Time of My L...

18 September 2009
04:28 GMT

Dancing With the Stars to Honor Patrick Swayze with Dirty Dancing

Patrick Swayze, star of “Dirty Dancing” and “Ghost,” passed away a few days ago after an almost two-year-long battle with pancreatic cancer. He was one of the few A-listers able to combine acting and dancing so well, which is why Dancing With the Stars Executive Producer Conrad Green has decid...

17 September 2009
09:29 GMT

More Trending Topics Exploited to Push Fake AVs

Security researchers warn that the black hat search engine optimization campaigns used to poison search results and push rogue security software continue to hijack more subjects of interest. Users searching for Patrick Swayze's untimely death, Serena Williams' outburst at the US Open or the blackout of Cinc...

15 September 2009
09:44 GMT

Patrick Swayze Dies of Cancer

Following a two-year-long battle with pancreatic cancer, actor Patrick Swayze died last night in his LA home, surrounded by his family. The 57-year-old star “quietly” passed away, his publicist has confirmed. The family has yet to make another comment for the media. Patrick Swayze was diagnosed with pan...

15 September 2009
02:28 GMT

Lionsgate Announces ‘Dirty Dancing’ Remake

The original 1987 “Dirty Dancing,” starring Patrick Swayze and Jennifer Grey, continues to be one of the most beloved classic films. However, not the same can be said about the sequel, “Dirty Dancing: Havana Nights,” which bombed at the box-office and was trashed by critics and fans. Lionsgate...

20 August 2009
11:20 GMT

Amazing Photo of Patrick Swayze Shows Actor Is Better than Ever

Despite earlier reports that actor Patrick Swayze’s condition had reached such a stage that he and his family had decided continuing with the “useless” cancer treatment no longer had a purpose, a recent photo shows that the star is not yet ready to give up the fight. Swayze has gained weight, has gr...

20 July 2009
03:09 GMT

Patrick Swayze Releases Family Photo to Dispel Death Rumors

A couple of hours ago, Kiss FM and several other media outlets ran a “story” that “Dirty Dancing” star Patrick Swayze had passed away from pancreatic cancer. Not only was the report “reckless,” a statement from his publicist says, but it was also deeply offending – and the ac...

20 May 2009
10:55 GMT

Patrick Swayze Stops ‘Useless’ Cancer Treatment

After announcing, no later than a couple of weeks ago, that he was determined to beat cancer until a cure was found, actor Patrick Swayze has reportedly given up on chemo therapy after doctors told him there was almost nothing that could be done for him. US magazine the National Enquirer, which is the same publicatio...

29 January 2009
02:34 GMT

Actor Patrick Swayze Hospitalized for Pneumonia

While just the other day actor Patrick Swayze sat down with television personality Barbara Walters for the first interview since being diagnosed with advanced pancreatic cancer to speak of remaining optimistic, his road to beating the disease might have just hit a hard wall. Yesterday, during a press event for the Te...

10 January 2009
04:00 GMT

‘Brave’ Patrick Swayze Admits to Having Only Two Years Left

As we were telling you yesterday, actor Patrick Swayze had already pre-taped his first television interview since being diagnosed with advanced pancreatic cancer. Speaking with TV icon Barbara Walters and having his wife of 33 years by his side, the actor has admitted to having only two years left to live, at best.At...

8 January 2009
05:30 GMT

‘I’m Scared and Angry,’ Patrick Swayze Tells Barbara Walters

Since he’s been diagnosed with advanced pancreatic cancer, “Dirty Dancing” and “Ghost” star Patrick Swayze has kept a very low profile. As his first televised interview in almost a year will reveal, all this time, many things have been said and written about his life-threatening disease,...

7 January 2009
06:25 GMT

Confirmed: Patrick Swayze Diagnosed with Cancer

Unfortunately, the news about beloved 80s actor Patrick Swayze being diagnosed with pancreatic cancer is true. The sad story was on every news channel and Internet news site by yesterday evening, and despite the overwhelming evidence I was still hoping someone would come out and infirm the story, branding it as a mal...

6 March 2008
03:27 GMT

Patrick Swayze May Be Dying

I have a feeling that if this is not true, there will be hell to pay for the people at the National Enquirer. The fact is, ever since I read this particular piece of news, I've been telling myself that it's probably not true, that it's all a horrible lie and that the line of decency has definitely been...

5 March 2008
10:17 GMT


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