Vand, jord, ild og luft er de fire elementer, som Avataren i gamle dage mestrede, for at våge over freden mellem jordens fire folkeslag. Kun Avataren var i stand til at betvinge alle elementerne, men en dag forsvandt han. Siden angreb Ildlandet og startede en krig mod de andre tre riger, og der er nu gået 100 år, uden at det er lykkedes at afslutte stridhederne. Den 12-årige luftbetvinger Aang er den nye Avatar, som er forudbestemt til at genoprette freden og balancen. Sammen med en lille gruppe venner drager Aang ud på en farefuld mission for at søge den ældgamle viden og lære alle fire elementers hemmeligheder. De bliver skarpt forfulgt af agenter fra Ildlandet, der vil stoppe dem, inden Aang er klar til sit opgør med selveste Ildmesteren.
Show-teatrene - med deres stort opsatte forestillinger med sang og dans - har længe haft deres bedste tid bag sig. Så den tidligere danser Tess, der ejer The Burlesque Lounge, kæmper for at holde stedet åbent, til trods for utallige finansielle og kunstneriske udfordringer. Ali kommer fra en flække langt ude på landet i Iowa og får job som servitrice i The Burlesque Lounge, men der går ikke lang tid, før Ali har tabt sit hjerte totalt til det farverige miljø. Så med hjælp fra nyfundne venner kommer den dag, hvor Ali sniger sig op i rampelyset for at aflægge prøve. Og fra dét øjeblik er hendes skæbne uløseligt forbundet med Tess' og The Burlesque Lounge ... 'Burlesque' er Christina Aguileras debut på film og er også med Kristen Bell fra 'Forgetting Sarah Marshall'.
Mama Rose lives to see her daughter June succeed on Broadway by way of vaudeville. When June marries and leaves, Rose turns her hope and attention to her elder, less obviously talented, daughter Louise. However, having her headlining as a stripper at Minsky's Burlesque is not what she initially has in mind.
En tidligere burleskdanser, der blev forfatter, opdager en ny chance for liv og forløsning, da hun risikerer alt for at redde sin unge nabo, efter at han har været vidne til sine forældres mord. Nu på flugt fra den lokale kriminalitetschef, som tilfældigvis er hendes mangeårige eks, gør hun et desperat forsøg på at få drengen i sikkerhed.
After one member of their group is murdered, the performers at a burlesque house must work together to find out who the killer is before they strike again.
Janie lives to dance and will dance anywhere, even stripping in a burlesque house. Tod Newton, the rich playboy, discovers her there and helps her get a job in a real Broadway musical being directed by Patch. Tod thinks he can get what he wants from Janie, Patch thinks Janie is using her charms rather than talent to get to the top, and Janie thinks Patch is the greatest. Steve, the stage manager, has the Three Stooges helping him manage all the show girls. Fred Astaire and Nelson Eddy make appearances as famous Broadway personalities.
Former burlesque star May and her daughter Peggy dance in the chorus. When May has a fight with featured dancer Bubbles, Bubbles leaves the show and Peggy takes her place. When Peggy falls in love with wealthy Randy, May fears class differences may lead to misery.
A railroad tycoon, disillusioned with his marriage, starts seeing a showgirl. Things go agreeably until the woman's manager decides to blackmail the millionaire.
A collection of numerous burlesque acts from the 1950s, including strippers, and cult character Betty Page introducing the acts.
Judy O'Brien is an aspiring ballerina in a dance troupe. Also in the company is Bubbles, a brash mantrap who leaves the struggling troupe for a career in burlesque. When the company disbands, Bubbles gives Judy a thankless job as her stooge. The two eventually clash when both fall for the same man.
With gun-toting rivals on his tail, a daring bank robber takes refuge in the quiet residential street here he grew up and where his mother, Maniette, still lives. An unscrupulous property developer, Korazy, is buying up the neighborhood to turn it into a gleaming new banking district, but to her son's disgust Maniette leads the inhabitants resistance. Her ingenious methods provoke her boy's admiration, but he fights back with sneaky traps and underhand tricks when Maniette tries to force him to do the right thing just once in his life.
Robin ownes a beautiful old theatre in Norrköping, Sweden. There he lives with his husband. To solve a critical financial situation for the theatre, Robin puts up an equivoque burlesque show. In the middle of rehearsals he gets a phone call from Christian, the owner of a swingers club, who is in desperate need of new facilities because of a terrible fire that ruined his club. Renting out the cellar is a very interesting option for Robin and soon the two new friends start to cooperate while the town of Norrköping is in rage. The dream of Cristian is to make a big swingers party in the whole theatre and sometimes dreams come true.
Husband-and-wife vaudeville stars separate when success goes to his head.
As a live woman performs a striptease, she's cheered on by an audience of small cartoon men. Some of them pop in the excitement as she brings down the house.
Blaze Starr, playing herself, is tired of performing the duties of a star. At a movie theater, she watches an advertisement for the Sunny Palms Lodge, only 30 miles from where she lives. She joins the place and finally can relax and enjoy nature as a newborn nudist. She drives her agent - who is also her fiancé - to distraction by ignoring scheduled "press functions" and spending her weekends at the nudist camp.
A small-town girl comes to Dallas to make it as a stripper.
A Hollywood heartthrob helps a small-town girl achieve stardom.
A French reporter working on a steamy story about the secret strip joints found in London's Soho district becomes involved in the lives of the owner and star of a famous club.