When The New York Post published a story that a new coffee-table book, Bandstand Diaries, revealed stories about the secret gay lives of some of the dancers, sales of the book went through the roof.
This article was updated at 7:49 p.m. “American Bandstand” has got a good beat, and 19 Entertainment’s Simon Fuller would like to dance to it. Fuller, the brain trust behind Fox’s megahit “American ...
PHILADELPHIA — Thom Cardwell, 79, of Philadelphia, a screenwriter, film producer, queer icon, and local celebrity, died Jan. 2 in Germantown after a yearlong battle with health complications. A ...
On July 9, 1956, 26-year-old Dick Clark stood in front of the cameras at WFIL-TV in West Philadelphia, wearing a crisp suit and a smile. That afternoon, he officially took over as host of Bandstand, a ...